Chemistry Thursday: Why oil and water don’t mix or more on solublity

Mixing two things is all about solubility. If we say that something is water soluble, it means that it will mix or dissolve in water. If we say something is oil soluble, it means it will mix or dissolve in oil. If we try to mix an oil soluble thing in water, it will not...

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Correction: Some oils can penetrate your hair!

In the post on hygral fatigue and coconut oil, I stated that oils can’t penetrate our hair shaft. I was wrong! Some oils can penetrate our hair shaft – it’s all about the size and type of molecules in the oil. When I was thinking about oils penetrating the hair shaft, for some reason I thought...

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Why our hair turns gray!

I’m writing this post a little later than I expected, but did you know they’ve figured out why our hair turns gray? (Following up from this post!) “Going gray is caused by a massive build up of hydrogen peroxide due to wear and tear of our hair follicles. The hydrogen peroxide ends up blocking the normal...

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Hygral fatigue and coconut oil (heavily edited)

Someone mentioned the concept of hygral fatigue in a comment the other day, and I thought I’d share what I’ve learned! It’s a term used to describe the constant swelling and contracting of the hair shaft by water caused washing too frequently (or possibly absorbing water from the atmosphere). Point of interest: I’ve amended this...

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Weekend Wonderings: Using salicylic acid without alcohol and making a face cream absorb better

In the Weekend Wondering post, Topher asks: I want to create a 2% salicylic acid toner without alcohol. I noticed that in your toner recipes you do not use alcohol, yet the SA is completely dissolved. How do you do this?  To be honest, I use white willow bark most of the time because I don’t...

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