Hi everyone!
I made my first shampoo recently that became a complete fail. It is extremely thin and runny in consistency, makes my hair feel like straw when I wash it (it's really nice afterwards when it dries but I need loads of conditioner to get the straw feeling away) and it has separated in the bottle.
This is what I used:
Water 53,3%
Coco glucoside 17,5%
Lauryl Glucoside 17,5%
Guar gum 5 %
D-panthenol 2%
Hydrolized oat protein 2%
Optiphen 1.2%
Polyquat-7 1%
Salt 0,3 %
Citric acid 0,2%
It seems as if the guar gum is all settled in the bottom of the bottle and I have to shake it alot before I use it. I don't want to use silicones or any quaterniums over 7, nothing really that would leave a film on my hair - but I'm desperate to make the shampoo feel soft and glidy when I use it. Do you guys know any other alternatives? And should I use an emulsifyer? I see alot of people using salt as thickening agents in their shampoos too, but it didn't have any effect what so ever on the density, even after I upped the salt and guar gum percentage to 2% and 10%..
What did I do wrong?
Thanks for your help!
I made my first shampoo recently that became a complete fail. It is extremely thin and runny in consistency, makes my hair feel like straw when I wash it (it's really nice afterwards when it dries but I need loads of conditioner to get the straw feeling away) and it has separated in the bottle.
This is what I used:
Water 53,3%
Coco glucoside 17,5%
Lauryl Glucoside 17,5%
Guar gum 5 %
D-panthenol 2%
Hydrolized oat protein 2%
Optiphen 1.2%
Polyquat-7 1%
Salt 0,3 %
Citric acid 0,2%
It seems as if the guar gum is all settled in the bottom of the bottle and I have to shake it alot before I use it. I don't want to use silicones or any quaterniums over 7, nothing really that would leave a film on my hair - but I'm desperate to make the shampoo feel soft and glidy when I use it. Do you guys know any other alternatives? And should I use an emulsifyer? I see alot of people using salt as thickening agents in their shampoos too, but it didn't have any effect what so ever on the density, even after I upped the salt and guar gum percentage to 2% and 10%..
What did I do wrong?
Thanks for your help!