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    An easy, ultra-effective dry shampoo recipe

    Get great looking hair in the blink of an eye! Are you looking for a handy aid in spacing out your shampoo use? Look no further, we have the perfect dry shampoo recipe for you! This DIY dry shampoo freshens your tresses, while revitalizing and strengthening them, and won’t leave a powdery residue behind. Made up of natural ingredients including white clay, bitter orange powder, and marshmallow root powder, this homemade dry shampoo is highly versatile: it can double as a face mask or a “no poo” shampoo!  Read on for the full recipe! Before you begin Before you begin your recipe, it’s important to make sure that your workspace…

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    Hair,  Intermediate,  Tutorials and recipes

    DIY conditioner for dry, damaged hair

    Why not create your own hair care set?  Do you wish your hair care routine was entirely made up of natural, eco-friendly products that really work AND leave your locks looking gorgeous? You’ve come to the right place! Today, we’re sharing our new hair conditioner recipe. Its unique formula combines hydrating and nourishing ingredients that your split ends and mid-lengths desperately need. Thanks to its light but creamy texture, it’s quickly absorbed by your hair, leaving it looking fresh, shiny, and silky. Conditioner is so crucial! So it’s a great first step in your hair care set. If you want to take the next level, we recommend trying our clarifying…

  • regle-diy
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    10 golden rules for making your own products

    There are so many benefits to making care and household products yourself: you save money, while ending up with beautiful natural products that are good for you and the environment. But there’s a lot to learn when you start out! With time, DIY becomes quite easy, you just need to pay careful attention to the trickier steps and get to know your ingredients and key techniques. If you take the time to learn and understand the basics when you start out, you’ll set yourself up for success and you’ll be free to experiment later. So today, we’re here to help you take your first steps on your journey into the…

  • le dispersant
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    What is essential oil dispersant and how do you use it?

    A few weeks ago, we shared a recipe for a revitalizing hair spray treatment… and one ingredient in particular caught your attention: essential oil dispersant. What is it? What does it do? Can you replace it with something else? We answer all these questions and more in our article—which includes our famous recipe for a rosemary-scented revitalizing hair treatment, plus three more! What is essential oil dispersant? This ingredient suspends essential oils and vegetable oils in an aqueous solution and prevents them from separating. It consists of a water-soluble head and an oil-soluble tail, so that it binds to both oil and water. A dispersant is therefore necessary when you…

  • homemade shampoo for kinky hair
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    This homemade shampoo provides Care 4 Curls

    This DIY shampoo does wonders for type 4 hair (and types 2 and 3, too!) Each and every hair type has its own specific needs… and kinky hair is no exception! Afro-type hair is often very dry and requires specific products to nourish and hydrate it. Enter Care 4 Curls, a solid shampoo for kinky hair, commonly known as coily hair or type 4 in Andre Walker’s hair typing system. We specifically formulated this shampoo recipe for type 4, but it also works great for types 2 (wavy) and 3 (curly). We used one of our new products, moringa oil, in this homemade shampoo recipe. Moringa oil does marvels for…