How to Make a Babassu Deep Conditioning Hair Mask

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In this video, follow Formula Botanica's expert online tuition to make your own natural Babassu Deep Conditioning Hair Mask.

A deep conditioning hair mask is an anhydrous (it has no water) formulation, which is soft and easy to spread on the hair. It normally contains waxes, butters and oils, so it is for you if you want to avoid using preservatives. It also contains cationic surfactants which will not make your product foam but instead it will help your hair become more manageable.

Cationic surfactants have positive charge which means that they are attracted to the surface of the hair strand which has negative charge. By doing so they neutralise that negative charge, create a film on the hair, smoothing down the cuticle. This is why they are mainly used in conditioning products, such as hair conditioners, fabric conditioner, but also cleansing products.

The conditioning hair mask in this free formulation training video is a soft whipped mousse with a velvety feel and a woody-citrusy scent.

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Ingredients

Phase A
Sal butter (INCI: Shorea Robusta Seed Butter) - 25%
Babassu oil (INCI: Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil) - 20%
Mafura butter (INCI: Trichilia Emetica Seed Butter) - 8%
Emulsense™ HC (INCI: Brassicyl Isoleucinate Esylate (and) Brassica Alcohol) - 6%
Berry fruit wax - 4%

Phase B
Macadamia oil - 22%
Argan oil - 7.10%
Castor oil - 5%

Phase C
Rice Bran CO2 extract (INCI: Oryza Sativa Bran Oil) - 1.5%
Tocopherol - 0.30%
Rosemary CO2 extract - 0.10%
Sweet orange essential oil - 0.35%
Clary sage essential oil - 0.30%
Lavender essential oil - 0.25%
Cedarwood essential oil - 0.10%

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