Weekend Wonderings: Do we need to make a complicated shampoo if we’re using a nice conditioner?

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Shampoo: Formulating with greener ingredients?

Yesterday we took a look at what was important in a shampoo. Today we’ll take a look at how to incorporate some greener ingredients in this product. What does it mean to be “greener”? Honestly, much like the word “natural”, this is undefined and varies from person to person. So I’m going to go with...

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Shampoo: Why we use what we use in a shampoo

Someone asked if I could make a shampoo recipe with fewer ingredients than those that are currently on the blog. The answer is yes, but… Yes, but the problem that those ingredients are the ones that take a shampoo from okay to freakin’ awesome! If you’re new to the idea of creating a shampoo, take...

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Weekend Wonderings: It’s not easy being green…

I’ve seen quite a few comments and e-mails recently from people asking about making products with greener ingredients, like this one from Lucy: I STILL (!) haven’t been able to make a shampoo with greenish ingredients that doesn’t irritate my scalp. Tried the taurates/ isethionate but when I tried decyl & coco betaine…not cleansing enough…help..what can...

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Weekend Wonderings: Troubleshooting lotion fails and formulating shampoo

In this post, Anonymous writes: I am really sad right now, though, because none of my lotions work. I have only made a lotion successfully a few times, and the rest are utter failures. It looks almost emulsified, but then it turns out to be the consistency of applesauce! I use BTMS-25. I heat and...

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