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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 1 year, 7 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?

  • mizzm

    Member
    August 15, 2022 at 8:19 am

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

  • 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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