Surfactants

Subscribers’ Q&A: Why does my hair feel nicer with shampoo bars? And why can’t we use Incroquat BTMS-50 in a liquid shampoo?

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In the June Q&A, Melanie asked: I have a question about shampoo. I have been making your basic shampoo recipe. I then became intrigued by the concept of shampoo bars. I made some and find they are so much nicer on my processed hair, which tends to be dry. I do however, find a liquid more...

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Creating a shampoo bar from scratch: Modifying the base formula with different surfactants

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On Tuesday, we made it to the base formula for making pH balanced shampoo bars using ingredients that’d keep the pH in the right range for our hair of pH 4 to 7. Let’s take a look at some potential modifications for that formula. Here are the links we’ll be using as we make these...

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Q&A: How to make a creamy body wash with SCI? (formula)

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In the June Q&A, Karrye asked, I’ve been musing over creating a creamy body wash. Something that would go in a bottle, and be a thicker consistency. I’d like to use SCI as I have loads on hand and it does give a nice skin feel. I also have DSL and Slsa. Could you point me...

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Creating a shampoo bar from scratch: A base formula

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We’ve spent the last week looking at different ingredients we could use in a solid shampoo bar that’s pH balanced to be between 4 to 6.5, which is the right acidic range for our hair. When I create shampoo bars, I prefer to use sodium cocoyl isethionate or SCI, which comes in noodles, prills, powders,...

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Creating a shampoo bar from scratch: Exfoliating botanical extracts

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As we saw yesterday, there are all kinds of different botanical extracts we can add to our shampoo to make it just that little bit more awesome! Today, let’s add some exfoliating extracts to help with dandruff or dry skin. The goal is to use extracts and ingredients that cause desquamation or the process of...

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