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A few thoughts about conditioners for an extremely warm Monday in February…

February 16, 2015 by SwiftCraftyMonkey

If you are making rinse off or leave in conditioners, you want to use an emulsifier that is positively charged or cationic. This means using ingredients like Polawax, polysorbate 20, PEG-40 hydrogenated castor oil or Caprol Micro Express as the main ingredient isn’t the best idea. Why? We use positively charged or cationic ingredients in…

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