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Review my leave in hair spray formula
Hello,
this is my formula for a leave in hair spray for dry curly hair. I hav used it and liked it, but i wonder if anyone can suggest if I need to bring down the % of ingredients for the silicones. I think I may be using too much considering I also use silicones in my deep conditioner. Any suggestions? I was thinking amodimethicone could be effective at a rate of .5% instead and I could also reduce or eleminate CETAC-30 since it will already be some in the amodimethicone. any thoughts?
Btms-50 2%
glycerin 4%
Fractionated coconut oil 2%
amodimethicone 1%
cyclomethicone 2%
dimethicone 2%
CETAC-30 2%
liquid germall plus .5%
fragrance .5%
water q.s -
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I was also thinking I could just drop the cyclomethicone and dimethicone and keep amodimethicone at the same usage.
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cyclomethicone? If that’s D4 or D5, you should review the latest restrictions on use.
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its d5. I didn’t know there were any major restrictions on its use. I’ll check it out
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You can substitute water with flaxseed gel if its for personal use to get some hold. I’m protein sensitive but you can try them if you do not have problems.
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Drop the cyclomethicone and cut or drop the CETAC, since you allude to the fact you are using an analog to DC-949 amodimethicone emulsion (w/CETAC, Trideceth-7) you can just increase that emulsion for better effect. What MW of dimethicone is there? 200CST works best in that format. Otherwise, not bad!
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There’s also a safety leave-on limit for CETAC. If I recall correctly 0.25%
https://www.evernote.com/shard/s1/sh/10f2cc12-73ff-4483-9d98-8670fcafe7f5/10f8e393611892a4c30a16b6f84cd1fe -
@Perry I saw that about CETAC. mine is at a concentration of 30% active ingredients. Does that mean I can only use .25% of CETAC 30% active? Or does that mean I can have a total of .25% active CETAC in my leave in as a whole?
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@chemicalmatt I’m using dimethicone 350 since thats all that I had. I think you have a good point about just using more amodimethicone. you think increasing to 2% would be enough?
I had a feeling to drop the cyclomethicone as well. seemed a bit unneccessary when I review the formula. good point about the CETAC. thanks!
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The limitation is in terms of % active ingredient. So if the limit is 0.25% in your formula and you have a 30% solution, the max you could use of your solution is about 0.8%
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@Perry THANKS! makes so much sense to me now
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