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Susan Barclay-Nichols I can’t believe I don’t have a picture of liquid conditioner! For your viewing pleasure, I present two bottles of leave in conditioner! To sum it all up, a good conditioner starts with a cationic quaternary compound as the base… Incroquat BTMS-50 Cetrimonium Bromide Cetrimonium Chloride Incroquat CR Incroquat OSC Then add your ingredients to...
Finishing powder is a great way to get started on making mineral foundations because you can get a sense how much coverage you want. This is a very light coverage without colour intended to downplay such things as redness or broken capillaries and offer oil control. We’ll be using the following ingredients (and I’ll be...
I love this puzzle piece mold (okay, it’s really a silicone ice cube tray from Ikea…) and I always keep it around for those times I have a little more soap than I need because I like having tons of multicoloured pieces to put together. Take a good look at the pink one – it’s...
I hope you enjoyed making melt & pour soap today! I’m sure you can see the possibilities for making your own soap molds using silicone ice cube trays, chocolate molds, and containers from around the house. If you are interested in melting & pouring at home, here are the instructions from today’s class. Soap handout,...
Incroquat OSC is Cetearyl Alcohol, PEG-3 Distearoylamidoethylmonium Methosulfate, Polysorbate 60. It is 25% active, meaning it contains 25% PEG-3 (I’m going to call it this because I don’t think I can type it over and over again!) with the rest being the fatty alcohol, and polysorbate 60. You’ll remember cetearyl alcohol is a fatty alcohol...