Blueberry Honey Curl Enhancer
Let’s make a gorgeous midnight blueberry curl defining gel to give definition and shine to your luscious curls!
PREVIEW
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INGREDIENTS
PERCENT | INGREDIENT |
PHASE A | |
80.6% | Distilled water (diluent) |
0.4% | Honey powder (humectant) |
3% | MSM powder (additive) |
0.2% | Liquid Germall plus (preservative) |
2% | Sepimax zen (rheology modifier/gelling agent/emulsifier) |
PHASE B | |
4% | Glycerin (humectant) |
5% | Hairfix XH (“hold”; film former; fixative) |
0.3% | TSGD (chelator) |
PHASE C | |
1% | PEG-50 shea butter W/S (emollient) |
1% | Ashwagandha extract |
1% | Blueberry extract |
1.5% | Fragrance (scent) |
q.s. | color |
INSTRUCTIONS
In Vessel 1
+Combine PHASE A ingredients
+SLOWLY stir PHASE A ingredients for 5 minutes
+Let sit for 5 minutes or until you combine PHASE B ingredients
In Vessel 2
+Combine PHASE B ingredients
Continue…
+Combine PHASE A and PHASE B
+Manually stir
+Add PHASE C ingredients either all at once or one at a time, stirring in between each addition
+Transfer to final container
FULL VIDEO
MY NOTES
+The Blueberry Honey Curl Enhancer is another great hair gel! Sepimax zen shines yet again. I think this will be my go-to gelling agent from now on unless I want a very basic gel for skin.
+If you don’t want to bother with a solubilizer, make sure to to use all water-soluble ingredients, including your fragrance oils and any emollients you wish you add.
+To have a true blue or blue-based purple, use fragrance oils that are clear if possible so you won’t have to worry about mixing colors.
+My fragrance oils turned the gel bright yellow. So you CAN’T add blue directly or else it will turn green. For me, adding a deep opaque purple created a deep bluish-purple.
+Adjusting the pH downward also made it slightly more deep purple than blue as well.
+Follow the instructions about the quick hydration of Sepimax Zen. You DO NOT have to wait 8 hours for it to gel. Very slow manual agitation does the trick!