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Wow, thanks again. I haven’t reviewed many breakdowns of leave-in formulas. I have googled individual ingredients and attempted to piece together my own rudimentary understanding.

Perhaps I could add caprylyl glycol or use PEG-40 Castor Oil. Or powdered honey and powdered aloe vera. I’ll have to report back.

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So, it’s likely that the original product has a cationic conditioner that isn’t listed. So I would need to test multiple cationic conditioners in this formula? I suppose that would make sense, being that the original product added caramel as a coloring agent. I thought that was odd since the honey is already brown.

I would need to find something that gives a very syrupy, but still oily, feel to the final product.

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Right. I was under the impression that the optiphen would emulsify the mix, but it appears to do the exact opposite when added.

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Thanks a bunch. I’m basing this formula on a successful leave in conditioner that has now been reformulated.

This is the original ingredient list:

• Honey
• Olive Fruit Oil
• Castor Oil
• Aloe Leaf Juice
• Bilberry Fruit
• Sugar Cane
• Sugar Maple
• Sweet Orange Fruit
• Lemon Fruit Extract
• Caramel
• Optiphen

I’m just looking to recreate the original formula.

Perhaps they left out a few components when creating the original product.