[RickS]

Thank you for the suggestions Lincs! Very helpful. I will try the salt.

[RickS]

Thanks so much for the response!

In general if i add enough salt to water ratio, would it possibly be able to act as a preservative?

Can epsom salt even act as a preservative? Or is sea salt better?

Thanks again!
Rick

[RickS]

Thank you all for your responses! Really appreciate the help here as I am new to the process. Thank you!

[RickS]

@Gunther

Thank you sir! Will continue to do my research!

[RickS]

Also wondering if there is a non-petroleum based ingredient to use? as i understand that PVP or PVP/VA are derived from petroleum.

[RickS]

Thank you all. Appreciate the insight! 

@Perry / @Gunther - will definitely try that. What % is typical to used? Also, i guess i since this provides a hold factor, i should reduce my beeswax % to balance it out? (so it doesn’t turn my hair into cement!)

Also: I understand that peg 8 beeswax is easier to wash out than normal beeswax? Could i in theory just replace beeswax with this?

Thanks!

[RickS]

Thank you for the responses @Perry and @Gunther!
Certainly appreciate the help.

@Perry - thats right, i meant “natural” as in non-synthetic. On the company comment: yes, that definitely makes sense. Then to that point, what are the most common synthetic ingredients for (i) ease of wash out and (ii) strength of hold? Would be great to make a water based or anhydrous clay/wax at home!

@Gunther - thank you again for the response here sir. I will look into that and other gums as well as the PVP ingredients. Thanks again.

[RickS]

If anyone has any other ideas that are more natural/non-synthetic. That would be great!

Thanks all!

[RickS]

Thank you for the response Gunther. I will certainly look into that. Yes oil solubility is a key component too. So will definite research.

If i wanted to keep wax as the main hold component, is there 1 ingredient i can add to make wax wash out easily?