Experiments with Rita BTMS-225: Shaving lotion

I really love cationic quaternary compounds as the base for my shaving lotions because they offer a lovely moisturized and conditioned feeling after rinsing. I make a solid shaving bar, which is awesome in my humble opinion, but I do like a liquid from time to time. I thought Rita BTMS-225 would make a great...

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Movember is over…

…Yet my husband’s moustache continues to grow! He’s decided to go for the 1980s heavy metal handlebar look for the holidays! This is seven kinds of awesome! I would not normally post this kind of gratuitous exploitation of the male form on my blog, but I could not find a picture of the band ManOWar...

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Men’s products: 3-in-1 products wrap up

So we’ve taken a look at a few versions of a 3-in-1 product. So you aren’t out there buying a ton of ingredients, check out the surfactant posts or the chart to see which ones will work best for your needs. Here’s the basic skeleton of the recipe I’ve been using for the last few...

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Men’s products: Another idea for a 3-in-1 product

Let’s re-build this 3-in-1 product from scratch to see how we can obtain the same goals with completely different ingredients! Let’s take a look at our surfactants first, because this is the place I start every surfactant based product. I always want to include cocamidopropyl betaine at 10% or higher, and I think I’ll use...

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Men’s products: Recipes for a 3-in-1 body wash & shampoo

Yesterday we established our goals and ingredients for making a 3-in-1 body wash with a 2-in-1 shampoo/conditioner, so let’s take a look at different ingredient combinations! I’ve chosen SCI as the basis for this product. If you have dry hair, consider using SCI with stearic acid. If you have oily hair, consider using SCI without...

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