How Can I Make A DIY Hair Conditioner Thicker?

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If you find that a conditioner you've made yourself is too thin, next time you formulate you can:

• Add more BTMS
  
• Add an oil or a butter
  
• Remove cetrimonium chloride from the recipe

If you don't have cetearyl alcohol in your conditioner add it at 50% of the cationic compound (BTMS, cetrimonium bromide or cetrimonium chloride) and reduce the water content by the same amount. So, if you have 6% BTMS, add 3% cetearyl alcohol and remove 3% water - simple! 


You can also use cetyl alcohol but I personally find that cetearyl alcohol works better.

Obviously, if you want to make a conditioner thinner if it is too thick then, you do the opposite:

• Reduce the amount of BTMS
  
• Use less vegetable oils or a butters
  
• Add cetrimonium chloride 
  

Remember to keep to the usage rates advised by the manufacturer. 

• For a weekly use conditioner you can go as high as 10% BTMS but for daily use I would not have more than 5%. In fact, I think 10% is pushing it even for a weekly use conditioner, I wouldn't go beyond 7/8%.
• With oils 5-10% is okay for us dry haired girls. Even up to 20% for an intense condition (but that is a lot). For oily haired girls 3-5% is plenty.

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