Frizz-Free Friday Lesson #4 : Make Your Own Silicone Serum

It's Fun, Its Super Easy....the Best Part ?
you can now have the perfect HAIR FRAGRANCE - that lasts

You do not have to be the "crafty" type - I liken it to making Chocolate Milk

AS a cool little treat, after reviewing my curly headed notes and papers....I thought about how wonderful it was for me the first time I made my own silicone serum....and why not give you the tools to make your own!

Silicone serums were one of the most revolutionary ingredients to come along in the Hair "ingredient" world, in decades. Every month in my Cosmetics Technology magazine I read, there are no less than 50 and no more than a couple hundred new ingredients "discovered", patented and advertised up the whazoo ! Its a big business and companies are scrambling trying to find the next "silicone" or even better yet the next hair "growth" wonder plant extract.

There isn't a person on the planet...man or woman who's hair cannot benefit in one way or another from a silicone serum of some sort....they basically "coat" and protect the hair.. by slipping over the hair strands when applied.

Silicone's main purpose in Serums is to coat and protect the strands from:

• Sun
• Heat
• Frizz
• Brushing
• Over Processed

Silicone's main purpose in Deep Conditioners & Conditioners:

• De-tangle
• Add Slip
• Coat and protect for above 5 reasons

There is such a rampant problem with FIA or Flat Iron Abuse that this is the one item that can at least protect your hair <> from you and its so easy to make, I like to compare it to making chocolate milk, yep - that simple!

The advantages to making it yourself?

• SAVE $$$ - a lot - now you can afford to carry some in the purse\
• MULTIPLE WEIGHTS (thin----thick) some styles need a spray some need drops...I would suggest 3 different weights for "whirly curlies"
• SCENTED - (finally) an excellent method of scenting your hair in exotic scents of your choice - & these last hours!
• INCOME - If you are really ambitious you can sell them to friends!
• PERFUMED BODY SPRAYS- nothing to do with hair, but with a bit of a twist on the amounts of the exact same ingredients you can make wonderful silky perfumed Body Sprays as well.

Don't let this mini recipe throw you. Its virtually 5 Grams of Trimethicone added with 495 grams of Cyclomethicone
495 Grams is 16 1/2 ounces ! 16 ounces of Cyclomethicone (a helluva lot) costs $7.75 !! Most Silicone Serums are 2 ounces for $20. Bucks.

Here is a hair glossing spray that can be used in a spray bottle. . Note: the pumps can vary in their ability to properly mist some formulations. Adjust the level of Cyclomethicone down in the following formulation if this proves to be a problem for your pump assembly.

Simply Shine Hair Glossing Spray

Percent Grams Ounces Ingredient
Phase A 1 5.0 0.17 Lotioncrafter 1550 Phenyl Trimethicone
Phase B 98 495 16.5 Lotioncrafter LC8515 or LC995 Cyclomethicone
Phase C 1 5.0 0.17 Fragrance ( your choice - fun part!)

1. Add Phase A to Phase B and to Phase C stir to mix.
Makes 500 grams (16.69 ounces)!!

Everything you need and the most wonderful person will help you get started, all located at this web site:

www.lotioncrafter.com with a dear woman named Jenny ( make sure you tell her that "Dakota" from killerStrands" sent you) She knows an endless amount about silicones and was the first one to bring them to the public. Remember to hit the "FORMULARY" on the site to look at all the recipe's for Silicone Serums for the hair ( for the different weights) be brave - its very hard to go wrong with them...

Jenny's specialty is GOAT MILK soaps and the ingredients to make them ...she is a real stickler for "natural" products and was actually the one that gave me loads of information about the safety of silicones for hair years ago. Anything you want to know - she will know it or find it out for you! The only thing she doesn't carry are the 2 or 4 ounce bottles & the "fragrance".

Those 2 things can be had at the same place and that is Brambleberry's - Brambleberry's is another goldmine of wonderful products. What started out as a SOAP making site, has brilliantly expanded into Perfumes; Silicones Serum Gloss & Perfume Sprays; Lotion-Making; Candle making; Bath Bombs and more. You want natural products? Make them yourself that's how you can finally know exactly what is in them.

http://www.brambleberry.com/packaging.html

They have some perfect environmentally conscience aluminum bottles in 2 or 4 ounce sizes...but the best part of Brambleberry is their Fragrance library. Anne Marie the owner has a nose after my own, you will not find one spot with better scents. They are all top notch and superb. Scent your hair, just about any side of the rainbow you want with the most fantastic array of fragrance oils.... on the planet. Try one of the "best of's " for an idea.

There is no better single product or tool for frizz -free living than having silicone serums available at every single point of rest in your life,you should have a bottle in every car, in your locker at work,in your purse, in your bathroom, in the kitchen.....E V E R Y W H E R E, and with this info you can make them for all those places for under $20.00!

So there you have it for FRIZZ FREE FRIDAY...

Dakota AKA Killer Chemist