Hair care products

Myth-understood: Does your hair need time to adjust when you start using a shampoo bar? Part one, comparing liquid and solid shampoo formulas and a few reasons your bar might not be awesome. 

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Myth-understood: Does your hair need time to adjust when you start using a shampoo bar? Part one, comparing liquid and solid shampoo formulas and a few reasons your bar might not be awesome. Let’s address the myth that your hair needs to “adjust” when you start using syndet or solid shampoo bar. The short answer...

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Shampoo and conditioner bars: Why is the pH important for a product that doesn’t contain water?

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I’ve had this question asked quite a bit of me lately – why is the pH important for a syndet shampoo bar or conditioner bar that doesn’t contain water? There are two short answers I can offer here before we get into the longer post… Hair care products are used with water in the shower,...

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Q&A: Can I dissolve a shampoo bar into water to make a liquid shampoo?

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I’m seeing these two questions asked quite a lot in the various solid shampoo bar groups I’m in – including the one I moderate, Syndet Shampoo Bars – and the short answer is no, you can’t dissolve a shampoo bar into water to make a liquid shampoo. Why? Let’s take a look at a few...

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Q&A: How would you modify a shampoo bar formula to be a “no more tears” product? Part five, testing and alter the final pH

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Welcome to part five of this series on how we might create a “no more tears” kind of shampoo bar using various anionic, non-ionic, and amphoteric surfactants. In part one, we reviewed the surfactants that Alexander noted she has in her workshop – sodium cocoyl isethionate (SCI), foaming apple surfactant, decyl glucoside, and Cocamidopropyl Betaine –...

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Q&A: How would you modify a shampoo bar formula to be a “no more tears” product? Part four, overview of testing pH and our formula!

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Welcome to part four of this series on how we might create a “no more tears” kind of shampoo bar using various anionic, non-ionic, and amphoteric surfactants. In part one, we reviewed the surfactants that Alexander noted she has in her workshop – sodium cocoyl isethionate (SCI), foaming apple surfactant, decyl glucoside, and Cocamidopropyl Betaine –...

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