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[kestrelct]

Conditioner!

Conditioner, like lotion, is an emulsion -- it has both oil and water, along with an agent to mix them together. So my recipe goes

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[flawlessnight]

I'd totally dig being a guinea pig for this stuff. Yay conditioner!

[kestrelct]

I don't know that it's to that phase yet. I need to use this one on myself and then make another batch. A fixed batch, that stays together. Rrr.

[maadscientist]

i have a bit of experience with making emulsions, mostly from lots of cooking. The trick to get the little oil droplets to stay seperated (thereby an even emulsion without separation) is to add the oil phase to the water phase very slowly, while you whisk the water phase like mad. So, while whisking madly, drizzle in a slow stream of the oil stuff, and that should keep them separated.

or at least, thats what all my cookbooks tell me. It might be worth a try!

[kestrelct]

Thanks! I will try that next time.

It looked like it was going so well, too. It thickened up, it got all yellow, it seemed great. And now it's separating like mad and half of it seems to be clinging to the sides of the bottle. Stupid vitamin e.