conditioner

Q&A: Can we add oil soluble botanical extracts to conditioner bars? Part one, determining the charge of a botanical extract

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In this post, Weekend Wonderings: All about conditioner bars, Rick asks, I have been reading through the “Conditioner bars you will love” book and am thinking about adding some “botanical extracts” to see if they improve the bars. Here’s my first questions: 1) How do you tell if an extract (or any ingredient, for that...

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Q&A: Is it safe to use 60% BTMS-25 or BTMS-50 in a conditioner bar? What are the suggested usage rates?

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In this post – Q&A about conditioner bars! – Sarah asked, Hi Susan, thank you for all of this incredible info! I’ve noticed that the suggested usage rate for both BTMS 25 and 50 is up to 10%, but in many of your conditioner bar formulas you are using them up to 60% (and have...

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Let’s create a gorgeous dry hair & scalp hydrating conditioner using BTMS-50 with loads of botanicals and actives (includes formula)

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Let’s modify the gorgeous winter hair & scalp hydrating spray full of botanicals and actives to be a lovely dry hair & scalp hydrating conditioner that uses BTMS-50 as the cationic emulsifier! We made a decadent version of this conditioner in a parts one and two of a series I shared last week: Today, let’s...

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Modifying the winter hair & scalp spray: Let’s make a dry hair & scalp hydrating conditioner (part one) – adding a conditioner with formula

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Let’s modify the gorgeous winter hair & scalp hydrating spray full of botanicals and actives to be a lovely dry hair & scalp hydrating conditioner! Links to the original series… You can find the original series in which we made a hydrating winter skin & scalp spray with loads of botanicals & actives, which can be...

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Q&A about conditioner bars! (Updated September 5, 2023)

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I’m getting a lot of questions about conditioner bars, which makes me think you’re all making them out there. Woo hoo! Aren’t they awesome? Table of contents Where do I find formulas and information for making conditioner bars on this site? What’s the best process for making a conditioner bar? How to best melt BTMS...

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