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Lavender hair conditioner
My vert first attempt of hair conditioner (coconut hair conditioner) was rather a dissapointment, because, as I found later in my experiment, I did not have the right ingredients, : e.g. BTMS or Conditioner emulsifier.
I made this particular hair conditioner for a friend with dry but thin hair.
All other conditioners left her hair with heavy feeling, so I tried to make one lighter. However, I still used 20% of oils, which is, as I found later a bit too much.
She reported it was better than any other she had, but would prefer something even lighter.
On the other hand, I found this lavender hair conditioner very pleasant, and so I share the recipe with you!
Recipe
Oil phase
10% castor oil
10% jojoba oil
5% conditioner emulsifier
10% BTMS
Water phase
20% lavender flower water
35.4% mineral water
2% Cocamidopropyl betaine (surfactant to clean it better off hair)
After the emulsion is created, add
2% lactic acid (adjusting the pH)
5% panthenol
0.6% Cosgard (or any other preservative)
6 drops EO lavender (for 100g of emulsion)
Heat the oil phase and water phase separately to 70°C. After the emulsifiers in oil phase melt, mix water phase into oil phase (you can do the other way round, however, this way all the oils are incorporated – nothing stays on the walls of your pot). After the emulsion cools to 40°C, add the rest of the ingredients.
Enjoy your homemade lavender hair conditioner!! 🙂
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#2 written by evik 9 years ago
Hi Kim, yes, it is the aroma-zone one 🙂
I think the pH change is not linear, according to what is known as THE HENDERSON–HASSELBALCH EQUATION. This is theory, I never tried to think about how to manage this problem as I always kind of manage to get the pH 4.5. However, I think it is worthy to think about it… I will study more, thanks for pointing this out…
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#3 written by Emma 9 years ago
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#4 written by evik 9 years ago
Hi Emma, I do understand your point, but I tend to disagree. Homemade as well as handmade does not mean natural by default. I like to make as natural as possible, but sometimes if I do not want to look like a cavewoman, I have to use synthetics. This stands mainly for shampoos and conditioners, where I use things that make my hair easy to comb and wash them non-alkaline. Also, natural does not mean healthy and non-alergenic and synthetic unhealthy, carcinogen, alergene or toxic. Take for example essential oils, or just a simple peanut butter. Peanut butter makes probably much more allergies than cocamidorpopyl betaine and yet it does not mean I do not eat it – I do not have allergy to it. Then we could have a discussion on what does natural really mean, as for example soap itself is not natural at all – it cannot be found in plants or elsewhere, it is made by a chemical reaction of sodium hydroxide and oils.
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Hii!
I really like conditioner emulsifier! (I think you talk about aromazone, so it is the stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine?) but I always have issues with getting my end product to the required 4.5-5.5ph. I also use lactic acid and a ph meter. But the problem is that first I add (let’s say) 30 drops, still not the right ph 6.5 at the moment. I wait a bit to let it adjust but the ph is still not getting lower so I add only a few drops and suddenly my ph drops a lot, at times even below 4.5. Is there a better method to adjust the ph?
Regards,
Kim