Guest guest Posted August 10, 2004 Report Share Posted August 10, 2004 In a message dated 8/10/2004 2:41:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, cindyjones1@... writes: I make a room spray from alcohol, water and essential oils that I find my sister in law sprays in her hair for the scent. Is there something I can add to this to make it a better product for hair? Possibly a " leave in " conditioner or something similar. Angie, on your site I saw " emulsifying conditioner " is that perhaps what I might be looking for? Sagescript Institute, LLC Microbiology Assays Hi , The BTMS Conditioning Emulsifier will make a thick emulsion which is good for after shampoo conditioner, but is really too thick for a spray on product. There are lots of different ingredients out there that will work in a spray on type product. The first thing to think about is whether or not you want to add oils to the product. If you don't add oils, then you won't need an emulsifier. You could simply combine various water soluble ingredients, such as distillates, hydrolyzed proteins, dl panthenol, etc. If you do want to have oils in your formula, then it becomes a bit more of a challenge. You would need something to emulsifiy the oil into the water. Alcohol works somewhat with essential oils, but can be drying and it won't solubilize most very well anyway. I like making a hair spritzer with various water solubles as mentioned, without oils, and with just a touch of our emollient silicone ester - dimethicone copolyol ester. I think there's a formula on our website called Let It Shine. One of the most important things is to make sure your finished product is acidic, with a pH of around 5.5 or so. Hope this helps! Angie The Herbarie http://www.theherbarie.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 Thanks Angie, > like making a hair spritzer with various water solubles as mentioned, without > oils, and with just a touch of our emollient silicone ester - dimethicone > copolyol ester. I think there's a formula on our website called Let It Shine. One > of the most important things is to make sure your finished product is acidic, > with a pH of around 5.5 or so. > > Hope this helps! > Angie > > The Herbarie > http://www.theherbarie.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2004 Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 , when I made a hair shine, I wanted it to be healthy also, not just shiny and I used some Jojoba and Macadamia oils and a bit of silicone. Also Olive Leaf Extract and Burdock Root Extract (tracked those down as they were in Bio hair products and I loved what they did.) Alice ~ MooseCreekBathandBody.com Re: hair mister In a message dated 8/10/2004 2:41:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, cindyjones1@... writes: I make a room spray from alcohol, water and essential oils that I find my sister in law sprays in her hair for the scent. Is there something I can add to this to make it a better product for hair? Possibly a " leave in " conditioner or something similar. Angie, on your site I saw " emulsifying conditioner " is that perhaps what I might be looking for? Sagescript Institute, LLC Microbiology Assays Hi , The BTMS Conditioning Emulsifier will make a thick emulsion which is good for after shampoo conditioner, but is really too thick for a spray on product. There are lots of different ingredients out there that will work in a spray on type product. The first thing to think about is whether or not you want to add oils to the product. If you don't add oils, then you won't need an emulsifier. You could simply combine various water soluble ingredients, such as distillates, hydrolyzed proteins, dl panthenol, etc. If you do want to have oils in your formula, then it becomes a bit more of a challenge. You would need something to emulsifiy the oil into the water. Alcohol works somewhat with essential oils, but can be drying and it won't solubilize most very well anyway. I like making a hair spritzer with various water solubles as mentioned, without oils, and with just a touch of our emollient silicone ester - dimethicone copolyol ester. I think there's a formula on our website called Let It Shine. One of the most important things is to make sure your finished product is acidic, with a pH of around 5.5 or so. Hope this helps! Angie The Herbarie http://www.theherbarie.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2004 Report Share Posted August 13, 2004 Cyclomethicone maybe > Re: hair mister > > > In a message dated 8/10/2004 2:41:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > cindyjones1@y... writes: > I make a room spray from alcohol, water and essential oils that I > find my sister in law sprays in her hair for the scent. Is there > something I can add to this to make it a better product for hair? > Possibly a " leave in " conditioner or something similar. > > Angie, on your site I saw " emulsifying conditioner " is that perhaps > what I might be looking for? > > Sagescript Institute, LLC > Microbiology Assays > Hi , > The BTMS Conditioning Emulsifier will make a thick emulsion which is good for > after shampoo conditioner, but is really too thick for a spray on product. > There are lots of different ingredients out there that will work in a spray on > type product. The first thing to think about is whether or not you want to > add oils to the product. If you don't add oils, then you won't need an > emulsifier. You could simply combine various water soluble ingredients, such as > distillates, hydrolyzed proteins, dl panthenol, etc. If you do want to have oils in > your formula, then it becomes a bit more of a challenge. You would need > something to emulsifiy the oil into the water. Alcohol works somewhat with > essential oils, but can be drying and it won't solubilize most very well anyway. I > like making a hair spritzer with various water solubles as mentioned, without > oils, and with just a touch of our emollient silicone ester - dimethicone > copolyol ester. I think there's a formula on our website called Let It Shine. One > of the most important things is to make sure your finished product is acidic, > with a pH of around 5.5 or so. > > Hope this helps! > Angie > > The Herbarie > http://www.theherbarie.com/ > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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