Diy Mixtress into the 2020s

[ElevatedEnergy]

DIY Ricewater Cowash.

 

[snoop]

Has anyone tried making a whipped butter with BTMS or cetyl alcohol, but without adding butter?

 

[snoop]

Has anyone tried making a whipped butter with BTMS or cetyl alcohol, but without adding butter?

I ended up making it with both. After it cooled it harded to a consistency of a whipped butter that uses only a little oil. In my hands it melts quite nicely.

 

[BeautifulRoots]

I ended up making it with both. After it cooled it harded to a consistency of a whipped butter that uses only a little oil. In my hands it melts quite nicely.

Hmm, so you just put oil and btms or cetyl alcohol?

 

[snoop]

Hmm, so you just put oil and btms or cetyl alcohol?

All three using the double boiler method. Then I used some lemongrass fragrance oil. I got the idea for the scent from @Chicoro (in the shea butter thread?)

 

[BeautifulRoots]

All three using the double boiler method. Then I used some lemongrass fragrance oil. I got the idea for the scent from @Chicoro (in the shea butter thread?)

Wow, very cool!

 

[NCHairDiva]

Loving AYURVEDIC deep conditioner.... The results are amazing.... Great ingredients too.

 

[Mapleoats]

Hey @snoop where are you ordering your btms etc from?

 

[snoop]

Hey @snoop where are you ordering your btms etc from?

I order my BTMS from Saffire Blue (near Brantford?). They also have some harder to get items that New Directions doesn't carry.

I place orders for dried flowers from Candora Soap (London). Candora also sells healing clays and some other items for a much better price than NDA, as well.

I usually compare the price of all three places then divvy up the orders accordingly.

 

[Garner]

Question for my DIY experts. I make a deep conditioner mix using an avocado, banana, honey, yogurt or coconut milk, and fenugreek powder. Should this be applied prior to washing on dirty hair or after washing w/ heat? Thank you

 

[snoop]

Question for my DIY experts. I make a deep conditioner mix using an avocado, banana, honey, yogurt or coconut milk, and fenugreek powder. Should this be applied prior to washing on dirty hair or after washing w/ heat? Thank you

I would do use it after.

 

[Garner]

Thank you @snoop !!! I was not sure.

 

[NCHairDiva]

My favorite Ayurvedic and Chebe Whipped Shea Butter Mix.... so AMAZING!

 

[NowIAmNappy]

Here’s some of my latest hair gel mixtures

 

[mzteaze]

Wow some great recipes in here!!

Here are a few more:

Chebe

Chebe Butter


Chebe Creme

 

[water_n_oil]

Wow some great recipes in here!!

Here are a few more:

Chebe

Chebe Butter


Chebe Creme

Her channel is everything! I'm far too cheap and lazy to go full on chemist though lol.

 

[mzteaze]

Does anyone have a recipe to make a preserved rice water spritz?

 

[mzteaze]

Her channel is everything! I'm far too cheap and lazy to go full on chemist though lol.

Me either. I bought her pre-made Chebe creme though. That stuff is really really nice.

 

[snoop]

I want to try making a leave-in tea spray for my scalp and hair. How strong are you ladies making your sprays/spritzes?

When, I make my rinses I dilute them, but I just wanted to check around and see what other are doing.

 

[mzteaze]

I want to try making a leave-in tea spray for my scalp and hair. How strong are you ladies making your sprays/spritzes?

When, I make my rinses I dilute them, but I just wanted to check around and see what other are doing.

I STILL have my dried mix of DIY CP tea. I didn't really dilute it initially. The version I liked the best was when I mixed it with rice water, hydrated fenugreek and aloe vera gel.

 

[mzteaze]

@snoop
@NowIAmNappy
@water_n_oil
@ElevatedEnergy


This question is all of the recipe developers. I started making rice water and the thought struck me, how it could be made into a conditioner. My question is since it's a water based product, do I add the preservative to the water step?

Also how do I scale the oil phase products?

 

[snoop]

@snoop
@NowIAmNappy
@water_n_oil
@ElevatedEnergy


This question is all of the recipe developers. I started making rice water and the thought struck me, how it could be made into a conditioner. My question is since it's a water based product, do I add the preservative to the water step?

Also how do I scale the oil phase products?

Lotions/creams are made up of three parts: water phase (water and water soluble goodies) + oil phase (oils, butters, and oil soluble goodies, like conditioning ingredients and emulsifiers) + cool down phase (which is where you would include things like preservatives and fragrance).

Basically, your ingredients supplier should have specs in terms of how much of certain ingredients that you need to use. I use roughly 20% oils in my lotions...approx 28% is what my oil phase amounts to.

 

[mzteaze]

Lotions/creams are made up of three parts: water phase (water and water soluble goodies) + oil phase (oils, butters, and oil soluble goodies, like conditioning ingredients and emulsifiers) + cool down phase (which is where you would include things like preservatives and fragrance).

Basically, your ingredients supplier should have specs in terms of how much of certain ingredients that you need to use. I use roughly 20% oils in my lotions...approx 28% is what my oil phase amounts to.

Thanks!

I froze it for now but plan to experiment more soon. I really think I can "hack" the conditioner I bought that uses Purple Rice.

 

[mzteaze]

There is always a video for it....

 

[bzb1990]

Make your own super nourishing hair balm - Humblebee & Me (humblebeeandme.com)
I've been following this blogger since she started out, I adore her brain - the website is a treasure trove.

Her summary:

As always, be aware that making substitutions will change the final product. While these swaps won’t break the recipe, you will get a different final product than I did.

• Fundamentally, this recipe is 45g soft oils/butters, 15g brittle butters, 28g liquid oils, and 11g beeswax. You can play around with different oils within those categories to maintain a similar consistency—read this to learn more.
• The easiest oils to swap would be the camellia seed oil and walnut oil; choose other lightweight, fast-absorbing oils in their place. I would leave the castor and jojoba oils as they are extra lovely for hair.
• You can use a different essential oil blend if you like

 

[snoop]

Make your own super nourishing hair balm - Humblebee & Me (humblebeeandme.com)
I've been following this blogger since she started out, I adore her brain - the website is a treasure trove.

Her summary:

I only recently discovered Humblebee and I like her site, too.

(Have you checked out swiftycraftymonkey? I like her's better, but maybe because she has more information to draw from when I'm in a pinch.)

 

[bzb1990]

I only recently discovered Humblebee and I like her site, too.

(Have you checked out swiftycraftymonkey? I like her's better, but maybe because she has more information to draw from when I'm in a pinch.)

No I hadn't , thank you! (OMG she sells courses at a reasonable price too!)

 

[snoop]

No I hadn't , thank you! (OMG she sells courses at a reasonable price too!)

And she uses all of the money to fund youth programs in her area. It's great!

 

[NowIAmNappy]

@snoop
@NowIAmNappy
@water_n_oil
@ElevatedEnergy


This question is all of the recipe developers. I started making rice water and the thought struck me, how it could be made into a conditioner. My question is since it's a water based product, do I add the preservative to the water step?

Also how do I scale the oil phase products?

Yes, I add a preservative to your water phase, weight it out and add the percentage, if you’re using Geogard Ultra ( that’s what I use) you can use it at 1%

 

[NowIAmNappy]

Just made a DIY protein treatment with bomb results