Let’s take a look at conditioning hair masks! Part four – creating a coconut & argan oil overnight hair mask

We’ve been taking a look at conditioning hair masks over the last few days. We started by analyzing Sephora’s hair sleeping mask, rose smoothing and anti-frizz version. Then, we analyzed Moroccanoil’s version in depth, and took a look at a few others very briefly. Then, we looked at the conditioning emulsifiers we might use along with some...

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#alltheingredients: Azelaic Acid

In the October Q&A post, Chelsea asked, Hey swift – I am super interested in azelaic acid and some in general information about it. I made sure to to check via the search first and didn’t produce results; though I hope I didnt accidentally miss this ingredient info on the blog. Thank you much for...

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Let’s take a look at conditioning hair masks! Part three – creating a formula!

We’ve been taking a look at conditioning hair masks over the last few days. Two days ago, we analyzed Sephora’s hair sleeping mask, rose smoothing and anti-frizz version; yesterday, we analyzed Moroccanoil’s version in depth, and took a look at a few others very briefly. Each of these contains water; a positively charged or cationic...

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Q&A quickie: When adding a preservative to a lotion master batch, do I add enough preservative to include the FO/EO?

In this post – Back to basics: Making your first lotion! – Leona asked, When adding preservative to a lotion master batch, do I add enough preservative to include the FO/EO? When figuring out how much preservative to use, we want to take into account all the ingredients in the formula. This means the water, aloe...

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Let’s take a look at conditioning hair masks! Part two – MOROCCANOIL Restorative Hair Mask

Yesterday, we took a look at the Sephora hair sleeping mask conditioners. Today, let’s take a look at another one – MOROCCANOIL Restorative Hair Mask. ($53 Can for 250 ml/8 ounces at Sephora online.) The suggested usage is… “Apply a generous amount to towel-dried hair and comb through. Leave on for five to seven minutes and rinse thoroughly. Follow...

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