conditioners

Weekend Wonderings: Decyl glucoside alternatives, packaging, and weighed down hair

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In this post, Lucy asks: Hi. Total addict to your blog 🙂 I’m a newbie to actually making, although I’ve done years of reading….! Just started experimenting with shampoo. I’ve really sensitive scalp so have stuck to decyl glucoside and cocamidopropyl betaine but find it’s a bit slimy and hard to foam…What is the next in the...

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Blame Michele for enabling you: Ideas for new ingredients

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In this post, Michele writes: I wonder what I can purchase next to try. I like to buy an ingredient I would use in more than one type of product.  I want to put this out there before I even think about responding to this question…You asked for it. When you read about a few of...

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Conditioners: Adding slip and glide to a conditioner – introduction

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Here’s how many bottles I made out of that huge batch of 3.5% Ritamulse BTMS-225 conditioner I made earlier this week! The tall bottle at the back is 1 litre (32 ounces), three – 500 ml (16 ounce) bottles, one – 180 ml (6 ounce bottle), and three – 4 ounce (120 ml) bottles. I...

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Workshop! Workshop! Workshop!

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I’m on holiday time this week, which means workshop fun! I’m out of just about everything to the point where I considered buying body wash! (Gasps of shock and horror!) Luckily, I have a few days this week to play, so I’ve retreated to the workshop with a pot of tea – the first of...

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Newbie Tuesday: A few tweaks to consider…

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Welcome back to part two of this week’s Newbie Tuesday. Did you figure out your hair type? Have you taken a look at some ingredients that you might like to use? All right, let’s get to it, then! Let’s say you have normal thickness, dry, slightly curly hair that you dry with a hair dryer....

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