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butter and oil are the food for bacteria. There is no purpose for them to be there.

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Normally a hair conditioner would take care of static unless the hair is porous/damaged or it is so fine that has no room to hold the hydration in the hair cuticle. I have very fine hair and I have not been able to make a conditioner to solve this problem, so I apply a leave on hydrating product which would take care of it.

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Hi, I’ve made a clarifying shampoo more than 6 month ago with the PH of 7.5 and used the blue spirulina to give it a cool color. I think the color has faded about 30-40% by now. Google says 🙂 spirulina is an alkaline and the optimum PH for it is between 8-11.

I also were using green spirulina in hair mask with the PH of 6 and the color would fade away after 2 weeks. definitely high PH is the best to preserve the color.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by  Zara.

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@Ryan23294 , thanks for your reply. I’ve bought this ingredient because I heard a lot about it but it is too heavy for my hair. My hair can’t tolerate more than 0.5g. Thanks again 

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Sorry but I have another question,
Is there any of those polymers in the list or even Hyaluronic acid would lend a better glide and detangling to the formula with no compatibility issue.
Thanks

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a bit late but, 
Happy birthday Perry, wish you so many great days to come.
Thank you for generously sharing your knowledge and this wonderful forum.

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Adamnfineman,

Unpainted hair, I think she means the virgin or undyed hair.

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chemicalmatt , Thank you for your time and the explanation. 

I’ve bought these 2 surfactants as
* Sodium Lauroyl Methyl Isothionate, 80% active …….    https://www.trulux.com.au/product/sodium-lauroyl-methyl-isethionate-slmi-flakes-
* Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, 85%

Could it be from other manufacturer than Iselux ?
Btw, thanks for the formula, I’ll try something similar to this.

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Abdullah, Thanks for your respond.

13g each of: Cocamidopropyl betaine & Sodium Lauroamphoacetate, and 
4g each of: Sodium Lauroyl Methyl Isothionate, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Caprylic, Capric Glucoside. 

It lathers well, cleanse well and it is not irritating but I am not sure how it would perform on build up.
I tried testing it by applying lots of dimethicone on my hair (my hair is virgin), then washed it, it seemed it cleaned my hair very well but I though maybe the hair build up is more stubborn. So I would like to know if I need more of the anionic than amphoteric surfactants because of the charge. 
Btw, I am going to keep the pH at 7-7.5 , so don’t the amphoteric surfactants have negative charge at higher pH? Thanks

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@ Abdullah, @ Pharma , Thanks you for your replies.

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@helenhelen , Sorry for late reply, I just saw it and you might have found your answers.
I’ve bought Keradyn HH from trulux.com.au in Australia. I gave up on it. I tried  the method they gave me but still didn’t work. I finally added more emulsifier and it thickened up but I didn’t like its feeling on my hair because it was too heavy. Sorry for not seeing your message. 

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@helenhelen
No I have not. That’s a good idea but not sure if they reply to me. 
Thanks for reply.

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Thank you for responses.

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@ozgirl , sorry for the mistake I made. Emulsense HC doesn’t contain phenoxyethanol and I mixed up with another ingredient. I’ve just bought some Emulsense HC as you suggested to do some experiments on. I have super fine and super charged hair and if this ingredient kills static on my hair, it means it works for everyone   
Thanks everyone for all your help.

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@ ozgirl , thank you. The Emulsense HC seems like a good option but it preserved with phenoxyethanol   and we have to list it on the label. We just changed our preservative because of phenoxyethanol.  Thanks again

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 Thank you both, the INCI name of Trufeel is Diheptyl Succinate, Capryloyl Glycerin/Sebacic Acid Copolymer which is simillar to LexFeel®. Have you had any experiments on it? do you think it could lend a good anti-staic property to my conditioner? Thanks

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My 2 cents, have you calculated the actives in your formula?
 The active in shampoo should be between 10-15 as I’ve read but yours is much higher than that and could be irritating in the long run.
* Lauryl glucoside- 14% ..  active 50-60%  =7.7
* Sodium cocoyl isethionate - 5%  .. active 85% =4.25
* Decyl glucoside- 10%  ..  active  51-53% =5.2
* CAPB- 7 %  ..  active %30  =2.1
7.7+4.25+5.2+2.1= 19.25

Your formula has around about 20% actives which is more suitable for body wash 

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I always use them up to the expiry date. I don’t believe 100% oil/wax products needs preservatives. I was making lip balms a few tears ago and never added one, just vitamin E and Rosemary extract. 

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@ketchito , Thank you for your response.
I have one more question please. If you are going to add salt to your formula for thickening and acid to reduce the PH, which one has to be added first? I add the acid first and at the end I use the salt.
Thanks in advance.

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@ ngarayeva001 thank you for the explanation. 

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@Perry  Thanks, I couldn’t find anything that says, Silica dimethyl silylate  is silicon. Is this really silicon or not? I need to avoid silicon. Thanks

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@Perry , Thank you , I’ve read this method first time on Swiftycraftmonkey blog. I don’t believe keeping the oil/wax and water portion at 70 degree for 20 minutes would do any good but it was like a what if.
@Microformulation , thank you.

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Thank you everyone,
I never use heat and hold method but the problem is, there are lots of misinformation on the internet and just wanted to make sure.
Thanks again , I really appreciate for sharing your knowledge. 

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I really appreciate your respond. Sorry for late reply because I had a surgery, but again thanks for the info.

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evchem2 , Thank you for your respond.

I’d like to make a very light conditioner which suits my very fine hair to reduce static. I use Demineralized water and I have 2 gums, Polyquat-10 and PVP which I’d like to add, so I have one cationic and one non ionic plus a very small amount of emulsifier. I added both gums to the oil portion because it is easier to process but I’d like to know if they make any difference in performance (glide) and viscosity if I add them to the water or oil or at the beginning or at the end of process. Is there any rule to follow? Thanks