Hair care products

#alltheingredients: Fision® HydraTress – awesome hair active!

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Let’s take a closer look at this gorgeous new-to-me blend of vitamins, humectants, and proteins I’ve been using in my hydrating winter skin & scalp spray that we’ll be adapting to be other products shortly – Fision® HydraTress (INCI: Water, Panthenol, Hydrolyzed Quinoa, Glycerin, Pisum Sativum (Pea) Seed Extract, 1,2 -Hexanediol, Sodium Hyaluronate) We’ve met...

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Q&A: What ingredients are emulsifying this co-wash conditioner? Can we make it ourselves?

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In the Q&A section, JimmieTF asked, Hi Susan, I came across a “co-wash” product by a brand called “As I Am”, called “Coconut CoWash“. The ingredients are; Aqueous (Water, Aqua Purificada, Purified) Extracts: Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) and Citrus Reticulata (Tangerine)¹, Cetyl Alcohol², Cetrimonium Chloride, Cetearyl Alcohol², PEG-40 Castor Oil, Stearalkonium chloride, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil²,...

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Questions and answers about shampoo bars: The master list (updated November 11, 2023)

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I am writing this post to create a place where you can find all the questions you might have about shampoo bars! I will only be answering those that were emailed to me or posted as a question on the blog in the comments or in this post, Shampoo Bar questions, share them here! I’ll...

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Q&A: Can we duplicate a “dry oil” for hair?

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In the monthly Q&A, Andrea posted, Wondering if this will get seen? I am duplicating a “dry oil” for hair with the following ingredients: Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone, Caprylyl methicone, Nigella seed oil, Hydrolyzed silk, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Phenoxyethanol, Water, Fragrance. I am not sure where the water comes from since it is near the bottom of...

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Q&A: Does allantoin work as a barrier ingredient in water-only formulas? (Updated September 23, 2023)

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I’m editing this post to remove the word “occlusive” referring specifically to allantoin as someone who thinks they’re anonymous – but doesn’t realize we have an activity log on the site 😝 – has written a diatribe to my friend Michele about how I’m wrong, which has been “happening more often lately” and that I...

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