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  Help on what ingredient makes hair straw like

  Posted by mizzm on August 14, 2022 at 7:04 pm

  Hi. Ive been doing hair conditioner for my own use and tried different formulas.  One that i remember is not liking the one from lotioncrafter. 

  Formula
  Percent Ingredient
  85.0  Distilled Water  
  2.0  DL-Panthenol    * used d panthenol and just adjusted to 1%
  0.2  Disodium EDTA   
  6.0  Lotioncrafter BTMS   
  5.0  Lotioncrafter DM350  *used 1000 instead of 350
  1.0  Biguanide 20    *used liquid germall
  0.8  Fragrance

  Hair is colored/dry/thin-fine

  Im not sure if its because of the changes i made. I know i can use btms this high on my hair.  So im leaning on the 5% dimethicone-that its too high for me? Can anyone let me know why dimethicone is too much for my hair type? 

  Also i cant use polyquat 7 more than 1% is it related to this?

  ketchito replied 2 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Pharma

  Member

  August 14, 2022 at 7:13 pm

  What pH does your conditioner have?

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  mizzm

  Member

  August 15, 2022 at 8:19 am

  @Pharma sorry forgot to mention i adjust to ph 4.5 for conditioner

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  ketchito

  Member

  August 15, 2022 at 12:12 pm

  @mizzm 5% of dimethicone is definitely too high for a conditioner. You can try a formula with around 2%. Also, even 1% of Panthenol in these type of formulas can be a wastw, since it’s basically a claim ingredient in a rinse-off.

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