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I’ve shared this ingredient with you in a few posts – creating shampoo bars from scratch, conditioners and cationic polymers, Q&A: Creating liquid volumizing shampoo? Part four – actives, and this one, Q&A: Creating conditioners that add volume and retain curls? Using conditioning agents that won’t weigh down hair – cationic polymers, and Q&A: What’s a...
I’ve written about this topic before – see this post – but I thought since I have so many more polyquats in my workshop, we should take a closer look at them. What’s cationic polymer? A polymer is “Any of numerous natural and synthetic compounds of usually high molecular weight consisting of up to millions...
If you’re looking to gather more information and formulas, I have a few ideas for you! I’ll be adding to this as I find more, then re-posting it to the top of the blog so you’ll see it. If you have ideas, please share those in the comments to make this a better list! Updated...
I bought some pine resin to make up those beeswax wraps for putting over bowls and such. I have so much fabric, and I’m trying to use my hoard, so this – along with making re-usable bags or zippered pouches – fits right in with this year’s theme! I’m hoping to try the formula for...
Quick note: It’s okay if you don’t watch it. There are loads of things I don’t watch! There are people who yell at the screen when they see someone handling a weapon wrong or pretending to be a hacker because they can turn on a PC and boot up Windows: I’m the one who analyzes...