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Weekend Wonderings: When should you use a preservative? How to avoid dirty heels with lotion bars? How to tell if something’s gone rancid?

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I love Saturday mornings. I see comments come in all week, but this is the morning I get to write about what I was thinking. It’s great fun, and I love to see how you respond. I’m sick. I have the September back-to-school cold and I’m grumpy and annoyed about it. I spent yesterday in...

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Weekend Wonderings: Does behentrimonium methosulfate destroy proteins? Does castor oil contain ricin? Can we create a waterless cleanser? And a recipe for an oil based cleanser from Artemis!

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DOES BEHENTRIMONIUM DESTROY PROTEINS?In this post, Workshop!, Irina asks: I have read that BTMS cannot be used with proteins as it destroys proteins. What are you thoughts about this, is this true? Also, have you ever worked with peptides? Peptides said to be very fragile and do not like oils, how do you handle them? It...

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Correction: Some oils can penetrate your hair!

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In the post on hygral fatigue and coconut oil, I stated that oils can’t penetrate our hair shaft. I was wrong! Some oils can penetrate our hair shaft – it’s all about the size and type of molecules in the oil. When I was thinking about oils penetrating the hair shaft, for some reason I thought...

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Hygral fatigue and coconut oil (heavily edited)

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Someone mentioned the concept of hygral fatigue in a comment the other day, and I thought I’d share what I’ve learned! It’s a term used to describe the constant swelling and contracting of the hair shaft by water caused washing too frequently (or possibly absorbing water from the atmosphere). Point of interest: I’ve amended this...

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A quick note on coconut oil and warm temperatures!

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I know everyone seems to love coconut oil these days – not sure why from a nutritional perspective as it’s a saturated fat, but I know all about the awesomeness it offers your hair – but remember that it has a low melting point of 24˚C or 76˚F, which means it’ll turn from a brittle...

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