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Weekend Wonderings: Why use three surfactant blends in products?

March 8, 2015 by SwiftCraftyMonkey

In this post, Surfactants: A conditioning shampoo with SCI for normal to oily hair, Fatima asks: Can you tell me why another surfactant is needed? Wouldn’t this work perfectly fine with just the two?Great question! We use different surfactants blended together because each brings something different to the mix.Take a look at decyl glucoside for…

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