INCI: Pentylene Glycol What Humectant, Solvent, penetration enhancement, preservative booster Usage rate 1 – 3% typical; 1-8% max Solubility Water Restrictions Add at temperatures below 80℃ Pentylene glycol (PG) has various uses. It helps improve the efficacy of other ingredients in your formula. It acts as a humectant to keep the skin and hair hydrated. […]
Lemon Pistachio Butter: I want a body butter made with either lemon balm or lemongrass along with pistachio nut oil to help keep the skin moisturized. I like shorea butter, so I want to use that as the main butter. I’m always working on #formulas, even when I’m not posting them at the website. For […]
Creamy Calendula Cream I want a nice, fluffy, but not whipped, skin cream using Glyceryl Stearate SE as the main emulsifier. I want to use it like an after-shower skin cream to help restore and lock in moisture to the skin without being overly complicated. I want it to become essential to having nourished skin. […]
Purple Walnut Hair Butter – I want a nice hair butter that spreads well and feels substantial without being waxy. I want it to add some level of shine to the hair as well. I also want the conditioning properties of BTMS to help soften up the hair as well. I’m always working on #formulas, […]
Hyaluronic Chamomile Cream for skin Let’s make a gorgeous silicone-free facial cream meant to moisturize the skin without leaving a sticky, greasy feeling on the skin. If you’re a no-cone girlie, you may really like this one PREVIEW Written formula, full voice overs, written instructions and my notes are only available to members of curlytea.com […]
Moringa Curl Cream LIGHT Let’s increase the effectiveness of a leave-in conditioner by giving it just a little bit of hold which will improve it’s ability to retain moisture and help protect the hair strands. PREVIEW Written formula, full voice overs, written instructions and my notes are only available to members of curlytea.com and patrons […]
Watermelon Green Tea Pudding Let’s make a creamy protein rich leave-in, with watermelon and green tea extracts, meant to improve strength, shine and softness! PREVIEW VIDEO Written formula, written instructions and my notes are only available to members of curlytea.com.
Watermelon AHA Serum Let’s make another great AHA based serum, this time including watermelon seed extract, to help hydrate and exfoliate dead skin cells to get soft glowing skin PREVIEW VIDEO Written formula, written instructions and my notes are only available to subscribers.
Hey curlyteas! Let’s look a little closer at the hyaluronic acid based ingredient called hyaluronic acid elastomer. Hyaluronic acid elastomer is a combination of a film-forming elastomer and the moisturizing ingredient we all love, known as hyaluronic acid. It comes in a thick ready to use gel and doesn’t need to be separately hydrated first.
Pistachio Moist Hydration Serum Today let’s make a super hydrating serum using sodium hyaluronate, glycerin and pistachio nut oil, which is said to be high in Vitamin E to get supple soft skin. PREVIEW
Almond Honey Define Cream Fenugreek seed and Foti root will serve as the base for this softening and creamy curl defining cream. Use it to retwist, to moisturize the hair after washing, or to help create protective styles. Preview
I got an email question about formulating with HEC (hydroxyethyl cellulose), salicylic acid, niacinamide and azelaic acid. Immediately I was hit with the memories of trying and failing to adequately dissolve regular salicylic acid. *shivers*. It’s a finicky ingredient and y’all know how much I dislike working with finicky ingredients if there’s a less problematic […]
Green Tea Restore Cream Let’s make a creamy, soft, conditioning cream with green tea extract, hemp seed oil and hydrolyzed hemp protein to help with strength and shine. Check out the recipe below. PREVIEW
Amla Curl Cream Let’s make a curl cream using two great ayurvedic oils (Amla and Bhringraj) to help strengthen curls and to promote curl retention and shine. Amla oil is said to help promote hair growth by strengthening hair and fighting dryness. Bhringraj oil is another ayurvedic staple in hair care. It’s said to help […]
Hyaluronic hair mask made with hemp seed and castor oils? A hair mask with the viscosity I’m looking for without using gums?! And no BTMS? Whaaat? And it’s actually good too! Check it out: PREVIEW Full video was available for a short time to all; now only available to subscribers. Written formula, my notes and […]
Murumuru Mint Amla Leave-In Conditioner Wait a minute! This is actually good! lol! My hair is soft, but it’s a different type of soft than the softness that comes from behentrimonium (BTAC) and stearamidopropyl dimethylamine. Which conditioning emulsifier did I choose for this formula? AminoSensyl HC. Check it out! PREVIEW
Isoamyl laurate INCI Isoamyl laurate WHAT Emollient ester pH RANGE 4.5 – 7 USAGE RATE Hair 0.1% – 2%; Skin 0.5% – 20% SPECIAL There’s a minimal amount of hydrolysis that can happen if the pH of a formula is too low, which presents as a “distinct odor” from the formation of “isoamyl alcohol”. The […]
Bamboo Tea Tree Leave-in is creamy, softening and feels good on my curls! As the hair is drying, you can feel the softness! PREVIEW Full video WAS available to all for a LIMITED TIME ONLY at youtube. Written formula, my notes and instructions are available to Subscribers!
Almond Mint Leave-In Conditioner w/ Peppermint and Chickweed The softness! What is it with this ICE Conditioner? It has behentrimonium chloride in it, that’s what. lol! Read more… PREVIEW
Oh yeah! I’m continuing to experiment with various versions of a chamomile based body butter. Let’s continue the testing clownery with Version 13! Version 13 Up to this point, version 13 was the best of the Chamomile Butter recipes, even though I wasn’t 100% pleased with it. This time I also chose the w/o emulsion […]
Never use Essential oils the way you use Fragrance oils. Sorry to start off so blunt but it’s important that everyone understands that there’s a world of difference between essential oils and fragrance oils.
INCI: Maltodextrin / VP copolymer (UPDATED) HairFix XH Maltodextrin is a “naturally-derived” (buzzword) sugar-based, non-ionic polymer manufacturers use when they want to make hair gels that provide superior hold.
What?
Meaningful Beauty Creme de Serum
SHORT AND SWEET
Instant softness without any tacky, oily feeling
Many naturals complain about how glycerin behaves in their hair and how they must pay attention to dew points and whatnot in order to get a great twist out. But if you want that added 'umph', you have to use glycerin, right? Wrong.
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