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If you’re just joining us, we made conditioner on Newbie Tuesday two weeks ago, and last week we bragged about it. Last week was all about the questions, and this week is about the tweaking! You’ve made your conditioner, but now you’re looking for a few ideas on how to customize it to your hair type. Where to start?...
Yay! You made conditioner last Newbie Tuesday! Congratulations to those of you who made your first batch. Wasn’t it awesome to see emulsification happen? And wasn’t it fantastic to try it on your hair for the first time. What did you like about it? What do you want to change about it? How was the...
In this post for making conditioners for newbie Tuesday, canfieldfive writes: I have a long rambling question: I have the Conditioning Emulsifier from MMS (Behentrimonium Methosulfate and Cetearyl Alcohol) and the BTMS-50 (Behentrimonium Methosulfate and Cetyl Alcohol and Butylene Glycol) from Brambleberry. What will these do differently for my hair? (I plan to use Cetyl Alcohol...
I think conditioners are the most asked about product on this blog, so let’s make one from scratch. We will first make a basic recipe, then we’ll tweak it over the next few weeks for different hair types. Which recipe should we choose? Conditioners can be made with up to 10% conditioning agent – Incroquat BTMS-50,...
As I mentioned in this post on watching your products over time, I thought I’d do a follow up on the conditioner I made with Rita BTMS-225 and let you know how it stands up over time and what we thought of it. (I made my normal conditioner but traded the Incroquat BTMS-50 for Rita BTMS-225.)...