“Feed Me” Pre-poo Detangler For Dry Hair - The Recipe

This pre-shampoo detangler nourishes as it detangles your hair to minimize breakage - what more could a girl ask for, eh?

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Heated oil phase (25%)

• 7g Incroquat CR (7%)
  
• 3g Cetrimonium chloride (3%)
  
• 5g coconut oil (5%)
  
• 10g marshmallow infusion (10%)
  

Heated water phase (69    %)

• 33g water (33%)
  
• 20g aloe vera (20%)
  
• 10g rose hydrosol (10%)
  
• 4g glycerin (4%)
  
• 2g hydrolyzed silk protein (2%)
  

Cool-down phase (6%)

• 2g cyclomethicone (2%)
  
• 2g panthenol (2%)
  
• 1g optiphen preservative (1%)
  
• 1g fragrance oil (1%)

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Method
You will need two pyrex bowls because you will be creating two bain maries (a.k.a. double boilers)

1. Weigh out the heated oil phase ingredients into a pyrex dish.
   
2. Weigh out the heated water phase ingredients into another pyrex dish.
   
3. Create a bain marie for each and heat to 70°C or at least until the water in the pot starts to boil then reduce the heat. 
   

• Leave the oil phase heating at 70°C for 20 minutes. 
  
• Put the water phase on 8 minutes later and leave it for 12 minutes. 
  
• You can have the heated water phase on for the full 20 minutes but for a 100g batch I find that you get a lot of lost product due to evaporation so I prefer to put it on a little later.
  

1. Remove both from the heat and pour the heated water phase into the heated oil phase immediately. Stir simultaneously.
   
2. Continue to stir gently until the mixture has cooled down and thickened.
   
3. Allow to cool to just more than hand hot (45°C if you want to be specific) then add the cool-down phase ingredients. To be honest 45°C is a bit more than hand but I am so scared of inactivating the cool-down phase ingredients that I would rather not risk it.
   
4. Allow the formulation to cool completely then bottle it up.

Application

• As a pre-poo detanglers apply before you shampoo your hair.
  
• To make your own shampoo see nenonatural.com/DIYshampoos.
  

Storage
The shelf life of is 9 months. Store in a cool, dry place.

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