I re-made my leave-in conditioner today as I needed to tweak the recipe a little. My notes on the last Leave-in were:

Notes

Conditioner is too strengthening (makes hair slightly hard if left ‘out’)
Has too much slip
Not creamy and thick enough
Not enough long term conditioning
Too much humectant (makes hair frizzy after a while)
To remedy this I will:

• Reduce the amount of Hydrolysed Wheat Protein
• Reduce the amount of Humectants (Glycerin and Honeyquat)
• Reduce the amount of Panthenol
• Reduce the amount of Guar Conditioning gum
• Increase the amount of BTMS
• Increase the amount of oils
• Increase the amount of Lamesoft
• Reduce Aloe Juice (as pH was consistently low)
• Add in citric acid as a precautionary pH stabiliser
• Increase Herbal Tea
• Will not add extra Aloe Juice this time (even if it appears thick)

And that’s exactly what i did. I’m not going to repost all the information and directions as you can find that in the first post, but i did take pics of all the steps (I made sure i charged my camera battery). If anyone wants the adjusted recipe i can give it to them, otherwise it’s blah, blah isn’t it? lol.

**Update**

Due to popular request, i have listed the updated recipe i made in this post below.

Ingredient                        Weight/g
Water Phase                  154
Aloe Juice                       61.2
Herbal Tea                       78
Guar Conditioning Gum     1  
Honeyquat                       1
Glycerin                           2
Lamesoft                          5
Citric Acid                       0.4
Silk Amino Acid Powder   0.4
Hydrolysed Wheat Protein 2
Panthenol                        3

Oil Phase                       40
BTMS                             12
Emulsifying Wax              4
Avocado Oil                     10
Coconut Oil                      4
Olive Oil                          10

Finishing Phase             6
Vitamin E                        2
Essential Oils                  2
MicroKill                          2

Total                             200

 

Tip – To find the percentage of each ingredient used, just divide the ingredient weight by two.

Herbs       Ingredients

Equipment Pan/Water

Boiling      Strained

Aloe Juice Honeyquat

Glycerin    Guar Gum

Mixed        Mixed in Aloe

Lamesoft  Mixed in Aloe

pH 4            Citric Acid

pH 3 (oops)  BTMS

Avocado Oil Olive Oil

I forgot to take a pic of the Coconut Oil

Melted  Tea in Blender

added Aloe Mix  Mixing Water Phase

Added oil phase   pH 4 (ish)

Pouring             Finished

I forgot to take a pic of the finishing phase (MicroKill, Vitamin E and Essential Oils) which i added to the blender once it was slightly cool.

The consistency is perfect. Just as i wanted it. Not so slippery, nice and thick and creamy. It seems the adjustments were dead on. Once i use it later i’ll give you the verdict.