Cosmetic Recipes: Shampoo Bar

Unfortunately cold process shampoo bars leave too much residue in my hair. So this surfactant based bar is the ideal solution for travelling when liquid shampoos love to leave their bottles and mess up my suitcase.

Ingredients

Phase A

55g SCI

10g SMC taurate

15g disodium cocoampho-diacetate

3g cetyl alcohol

3g BMTS

10g coconut oil

2g oat protein

Phase B

2g panthenol

1g dimethicone

2g essential oil blend

Heat phase A until dissolved before adding phase B. The consistency is similar to hot process soap so it takes  persistence to get the mixture into your mould. This is enough to fill one muffin mould. :-)

Cosmetic Recipes: Facial Toner

Ingredients:

Heated phase

30g witch hazel

25g lavender hydrosol

29g water

1g aloe vera concentrate

3g sodium lactate

Cool down phase

3g honeyquat

2g panthenol

2g hydro oats

4.5g avocado extract

0.5g preservative

Combine the heated ingredients in a double boiler. Heat until they reach 70C then let cool down to 50C before adding the cool down ingredients.

Cosmetic Recipes: Conditioner

I made my favourite conditioner last weekend:

Oil  Phase:

50g BMTS

60g Jojoba Oil

10g Cetyl Alcohol

Water Phase:

20g Honeyquat

820g Water

Cool Down Phase:

20g Panthenol

20g Dimethicone

5g Vanila and Caramel F/O

I usually make smaller quantities (adding up to 100g) but I love this conditioner and dread running out. I shouldn't need to make any for a long time now.