hair care

CONFIRMED! An epic level light leave in conditioner: The active ingredients

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I made this leave in conditioner for the first time in November as we were experiencing an especially dry spell here in the Fraser Valley, and I thought I needed slightly more conditioning and hydrating than normal. It turns out it’s my favourite leave in of all time, suitable for all hair types, even fine...

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#alltheingredients: Keratin hydrolysate silox (hair care active)

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On Saturday, I shared my new epic conditioner that uses ICE Conditioner or JEEQUAT® NDCS or Naturally Derived Conditioning System (INCI: Cetyl alcohol, behentrimonium chloride, cocamidopropyl betaine, sorbitan laurate.) On Sunday, we learned more about this ingredient, then on Monday, we made a cold process, light kukui nut oil conditioner or lotion with Jeequat® NDCS/ICE conditioner. Finally, in yesterday’s...

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Designing your products as a line: Shampoo recipe for oily hair

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Yesterday we modified a dry hair recipe to include fewer ingredients. Let’s look at an oily hair recipe today. We can base it on this recipe for a conditioning shampoo for oily hair that you can find in the hair care section of the blog. CONDITIONING SHAMPOO RECIPE FOR OILY HAIR52% distilled water15% C14-16 olefin...

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Designing your products as a line: Shampoo recipe for dry hair

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As we saw last week (and in August!), we can alter the ingredients in our products when we’re designing a line of things to be used together. If we’re using a conditioner after shampoo, we could make something very basic that contains only surfactants, water, and preservatives that would cleanse our hair, but it wouldn’t...

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Designing your products as a line: Shampoo – a few notes about oils

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I’m asked a lot about including oils in shampoo, and I have to admit I’m not a fan of the idea. It’s not just because I’m an oily haired girl, but because there are a ton of ways of increasing moisturizing and hydrating in a shampoo that isn’t about the hassle of oils. The goal...

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