tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000955270225133681.post6149585033643665620..comments2024-03-28T13:40:35.782-05:00Comments on Science-y Hair Blog: Hard Water and Your HairWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08604766377332720162noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000955270225133681.post-55070866861379465912021-10-13T13:29:18.804-05:002021-10-13T13:29:18.804-05:00Hello, my whole family suffers from super tangled,...Hello, my whole family suffers from super tangled, dry, itchy scalp hair and has let to lots of thinning and now hair loss in all of us. We have very hard well water and the landlord has a salt water softener on the house but he has the setting too low on the water softener for the hardness grains. The TDS is 650 in a water report i had done. would a showerstick work for this problem? What is best for our hair, chelating shampoos, citric acid rinses or vinegar rinses? I need help. Thank you<br />CynthiaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02780688513364100575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000955270225133681.post-42815128694931538012021-07-08T18:29:07.332-05:002021-07-08T18:29:07.332-05:00I have hair colored to cover the gray and highligh...I have hair colored to cover the gray and highlights. My hair color gets warmer after a few weeks even though we have a water softener and a whole house water filter for our well. Even when I lived other places with city water and a water softener, the same results occurred. The brand of coloring or stylist techniques have never been able to keep my hair color neutral or ash for more than four weeks. Is this caused by absorption of minerals? How can I clarify the minerals without washing out the color that I paid to have done?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06503246304177485296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000955270225133681.post-55812012638169529382019-07-20T14:13:51.557-05:002019-07-20T14:13:51.557-05:00Hello E77 - Phytic acid/Sodium phytate powder need...Hello E77 - Phytic acid/Sodium phytate powder needs to be used in small amounts. The pH of a 1% solution is 12, which is much too high to be safe for eyes and skin. The recommended use is 0.05 to 0.5% (or 0.05 to 0.5 grams per 100 ml product). And then the product needs to have the pH adjusted to about 6 so it is safe for skin and eyes (and hair). I would probably skip this one!<br /><br />Sodium gluconate is less likely to change the pH of your product. It is used at less than 1%, so a scale that reads out 2 decimal points is necessary. It may take some time and stirring to dissolve thoroughly.<br /><br />Citric acid makes a good chelating rinse, you can add 1/16 teaspoon to 1 cup water and leave that on for a minute or so. The pH of this is on the low side, it will sting eyes and cuts or scrapes and should be kept away from the eyes, nose or mouth. I use that rinse - after washing and before conditioning. Good luck and safe-formulating. -WWShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604766377332720162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000955270225133681.post-79635126378138844592019-06-20T15:18:27.262-05:002019-06-20T15:18:27.262-05:00Amazing blog. Thank you sooo much!! This is my que...Amazing blog. Thank you sooo much!! This is my question: I would like to make a DIY mild chelating shampoo for my 4 year old daughter. Water is OK in our area but she goes to the swimming pool once a week and sometimes we travel to hard water areas.<br />After reading your replies about EDTA, I was thinking about adding phytic acid (or sodium gluconate) to a regular shampoo, how much would be OK?<br />E77https://www.blogger.com/profile/12363387617050227212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000955270225133681.post-45392390899834437472019-05-14T15:45:33.860-05:002019-05-14T15:45:33.860-05:00Hello CaroB - I can relate. And you made me laugh ...Hello CaroB - I can relate. And you made me laugh out loud at your "foxy" hair! Well water with iron in it can do that, though yours isn't high enough to meet the standard for, "Seriously orange colored water," set by the Environmental Protection Agency. If your water is a funky orange color - then I read that wrong. Otherwise - I think the problem is the high alkalinity. That tends to turn light-colored hair reddish, and the presence of iron could make it more red/orange. You didn't list the units (ppm or mg/L) that your test was in, so I'm making an educated guess. The pH is higher than neutral - yay - that increases the amount of minerals in your hair. Your alkalinity is *high* which is pretty common for well water. Not only will that turn light-colored hair orange, it can also make hair susceptible to breakage. Alkalinity is another form of minerals in water, it's the form that cannot be removed by a water softener. Your water is moderately hard too - so your overall mineral load is really high.<br />A chelating shampoo with EDTA will help with "hardness" minerals, but not Alkalinity minerals. The chelation done by EDTA requires a positive charge, and alkalinity minerals don't have that. Alkalinity minerals tend to respond better to vinegar rinses or products like Malibu Hard Water Treatment (it's sold in packets of crystals). Ion makes one too -Ion Crystal Clarifying Treatment. The ingredients are almost the same as Malibu.<br />Vinegar rinses are cheap, and should be prepared with distilled water so there are no minerals. They can be done every wash-day if you don't make them too concentrated and use a good conditioner or oil treatments. You could even do a distilled water rinse after so you're not adding minerals. -- Another thing you can do is to soak your hair with distilled water before showering - so the first water it absorbs isn't quite so mineral-laden. Swimmers do this to try to absorb less chlorinated water. I know you said no distilled water - but mixing up 1 cup for a rinse and soaking your hair with 1 cup's worth before a shower isn't a whole lot of distilled water...<br />Reverse osmosis is one way to deal with this problem, but that can take up an amount of space you probably don't have under your sink. I would probably store a bottle of distilled water outside if possible. Maybe in a camp-shower or solar shower so it can warm in the sun and be hang up out of the way. Using penetrating oil treatments and conditioning before washing both would help protect hair against "soaking up" minerals to some degree. I hope that helps - WWShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604766377332720162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000955270225133681.post-38508552950140188692019-05-06T15:19:33.854-05:002019-05-06T15:19:33.854-05:00Hi, this is an amazing blog, thank you for your ex...Hi, this is an amazing blog, thank you for your expertise! I usually have long, highlighted hair which looks ash blonde and blends well with my natural grey as it grows out, so I don't end up with a line and can get away with colour-treating just 2 or 3 times a year. However, I moved into a "tiny house" a month ago on our new rural property and am distressed that my hair has turned orange! I mean, really orange. And literally after the first shower. Our water is from a drilled well, and the analysis from the water report we had done includes the following:<br /><br />pH: 8.1<br />Alkalinity, total (as CaCO3): 610<br />TDS: 730<br />Hardness, total (as CaCO3): 154<br />Calcium: 18.6<br />Iron: 0.181<br />Magnesium: 26.2<br />Manganese: 0.0773<br /><br />I assume it's the iron that's causing the orange? Would a chelating shampoo with EDTA remove it? As the house is so small, we don't have any room for installing a water softener or even storing bottles of town water for me to wash my hair with. Any advice you can give me for how to get rid of - and stay rid of - this unwanted "foxy" hair would be hugely appreciated! Thank you so much! (And apologies if this got posted twice.)CaroBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10476651740848141982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000955270225133681.post-35261617379533867902019-03-24T15:00:48.707-05:002019-03-24T15:00:48.707-05:00Hi, thank you so much for your answer! I ordered a...Hi, thank you so much for your answer! I ordered a filter at amazon, and somehow it worked (maybe the hardness was not the main problem?) Either way, my hair is back to its usual self, but this is super useful to know! Thanks so much!Luisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08501859549096100167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000955270225133681.post-841968520140280582019-03-04T23:18:01.875-06:002019-03-04T23:18:01.875-06:00Hello Luisa, If you make the vinegar mixture a lit...Hello Luisa, If you make the vinegar mixture a little more dilute, you might be able to use it as often as once every 1-2 weeks if your hair is healthy and strong. But watch your hair carefully for signs of dryness if you use it that often. The pH of the mixture I posted is about 3.1, and it won't go much lower with more or less vinegar - but the concentration matters a great deal. More vinegar is more aggressive. Just like more sugar makes a food sweeter, or more hot pepper makes it hotter. Good luck! WWShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604766377332720162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000955270225133681.post-64310104018202043232019-02-10T08:59:42.987-06:002019-02-10T08:59:42.987-06:00Hi,
So I live in Jerusalem, where the water is ve...Hi, <br />So I live in Jerusalem, where the water is very hard and imported products cost a pretty penny. Trying to figure out how to have nice hair again, as I do whenever I fly to my lovely slightly acidic soft water in my home country. I've tried the ACV rinse and it works beautifully, but I'm concerned with frequency: I dilute it 1 to 4 parts in water, but if I only use it once a month it means I have nice hair for 3 days out of a month. How frequent is it safe to use it? Is there anything I can add in to make it safer?<br />Thank youLuisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08501859549096100167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000955270225133681.post-28108356002811942522018-09-14T20:38:36.877-05:002018-09-14T20:38:36.877-05:00Hello Musical Lottie - I like your "borderlin...Hello Musical Lottie - I like your "borderline hyperbole, but not really" - I've seen sinks like that. The scale I used is provided by the U.S. Geological Survey. I think yours is much more realistic for consumers, though. Especially for people who have very hard water like you. Leaving "Very Hard" at everything over 118 ppm is like saying there's no different between 120 ppm and 330 ppm - and you know that there is! Water so hard - it comes out of the tap in chunks! The UK has extraordinarily complex underlying geology - that's the reason for the crazy distribution of ultra-hard and soft water.<br />I think your "miracle water" could be distilled water. Honestly - no minerals so it's soft as can be. Citric acid with a little ascorbic acid would be helpful in removing minerals - but then if you rinse with mineral-laden water you begin the cycle anew. An occasional chelating rinse, followed up with conditioning and rinsing with distilled water might "re-set" your hair. For some people, that's enough. For others, it's not enough and hair continues to be unruly or dry or brittle. Continuing with distilled water rinses (just to rinse out conditioner) or even half distilled water and half tap water would be much softer water. Where I live, you can buy distilled water in recyclable gallon plastic jugs, or purchase a home distilling machine, which looks like a large coffee-maker. Best wishes - WWShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604766377332720162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000955270225133681.post-59792238826009636462018-08-31T08:29:32.520-05:002018-08-31T08:29:32.520-05:00Thank you so much for your blog; I've learned ...Thank you so much for your blog; I've learned so much from it and frequently link to articles because it's so liberating to have an unbiased, scientific look at hot hair topics and to have them explosives so clearly!<br /><br />I've always grown up with very hard water, evident by the fact limescale forms on practically anything that even sees the water (slight hyperbole, but not a *huge* exaggeration!) Is the scale above referring to Calcium Carbonate in ppm?<br /><br />A comprehensive scale used for hardness by some water providers in the UK is:<br />0-50ppm soft<br />51- 100 moderately soft<br />101-150 slightly hard<br />151-150 moderately hard<br />201-300 hard<br />300+ very hard<br /><br />Our water is 314 ppm CaCO3; a neighbouring town is 330. Yet I think the actual quality of the water must vary too, between here and the US, as I read of people having orange and green water coming out of the taps (faucet), colloidal clay as someone mentioned above, and nowhere have I heard of or experienced such anywhere in the UK, except in rare instances when something goes wrong and is quickly put right. It also seems that UK water is fairly consistently around 7.5pH.<br /><br />My most surprising water experience was in North Wales, where the water is soft (27 ppm) and our cups of tea had no scum on them, nor were there brown stains left inside the cups after drinking the tea! I actually didn't know that was possible! Unfortunately the shower where we were staying was useless for washing my hair properly so I wasn't able to find out how beneficial it could have been for that.<br /><br />I'm very interested in trying some method of chelation, and perhaps rinsing with 'miracle water' (citric acid + ascorbic acid, diluted) to see if it has any positive effects. I think I have a rich enough conditioner to counteract any dryness chelating might cause, so I'm quite excited to give it a go!Musical Lottiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12599121945834947950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000955270225133681.post-74531166026768494142018-08-04T20:19:07.107-05:002018-08-04T20:19:07.107-05:00Hello Carley, this response is much delayed. You d...Hello Carley, this response is much delayed. You definitely have hard water, I need to put a table for that in the post! Your alkalinity is high too, which is another measure of minerals in water. Your pH is a bit high - enough to make even more mineral deposits on your hair than if you water were pH 7.<br />I don't think the Curly Girl book mentions any acidic treatments - only baking soda, which is not for hard water. The citric acid and vinegar rinses can work very well for mineral residue if you use them "right." Meaning - leave it on for a few minutes with some heat. I think that would put them in the realm of "CG acceptable" treatments because there is no detergent and no silicone. The shampoos listed above are (mostly) sulfate-free, but some can be pretty strong-cleaning, so if you avoid shampoos, that will be something to consider.<br />You can actually do a "diagnostic" test by doing an entire wash-day with distilled water, which is free of minerals. It's a hassle, but manageable if you're only doing it once. If your hair is less-dry and feels much better doing that - then you'll know hard water is a problem. Good luck!<br />The Malibu products in the packets are pretty strong - some people love them, others (like me) find them irritating to skin and drying to hair. WShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604766377332720162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000955270225133681.post-88116231107596876172018-06-28T07:28:26.809-05:002018-06-28T07:28:26.809-05:00Hello,
I have low porosity hair, I think the hard...Hello,<br /><br />I have low porosity hair, I think the hardness of my water is a problem, I will test it this week-end. If it's a problem, should I use vinegar to rinse, it will be ok for my cuticules ? I do a deep condition, rinse and after I use a leave-in and seal. If I use vinegar I think my cuticule will be close.<br /><br />What do you think ?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963865476881106809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000955270225133681.post-42396512055089206762018-06-22T22:14:56.848-05:002018-06-22T22:14:56.848-05:00Hi, I just wrote a long post but it disappeared so...Hi, I just wrote a long post but it disappeared so here it goes again (shorter version). My city water analysis is in the link below.. in summary, ph is 8.29, hardness of 132 and alkalinity at 119. I'm not sure how to interpret these results and what levels are high and low. <br />http://www.fernie.ca/assets/Residents/docs/Water%20Quality%20Analysis.pdf#search="Water%20ph"<br />Based on this data, what would be the best product to combat this? I have found Ion online and can order that and maybe others. I'm in Canada, so product availability can be tricking. Also, what at home DIY treatment would be best based on this data. <br />My hair is low porosity, 2b/c curl, dry, breaking and I'm one of those people who can't grow hair past their shoulders as it just breaks. I straightened for a decade and now embracing the curly girl method and products to help heal my hair (hopes) Thanks! Carley Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152342828658796846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000955270225133681.post-90311257282656991962018-06-22T22:07:28.471-05:002018-06-22T22:07:28.471-05:00Hi,
Thank you for this information. I'm hopin...Hi, <br />Thank you for this information. I'm hoping you can offer some guidance on how hard my water is and how best to treat my hair. Our most recent water analysis for my city was in 2003 and the results are here: http://www.fernie.ca/assets/Residents/docs/Water%20Quality%20Analysis.pdf#search="Water%20ph" In summary, ph is 8.26, hardness is 132, alkalinity is 119. There's many other measurements in the table, I'm not sure what's important and how to gauge if they are low or high. <br />My kettle has calcium build up. I have been one of those people who never can grow hair past their shoulders without it breaking. I've been a hair straightener for a decade and only recently embraced the curly girl method last month in an effort to ditch heat tools and get my hair healthy. I'm still trying to figure out my hair condition. It's about a 2b/c curl, fine but lots of it, breaking, split ends, and protein I'm still trying to figure out. It has no elasticity so I'm trying to moisturize. It feels rough and dry and I was thinking it was overloaded with protein but I've been protein free for a month with no change and after reading this I think it could be related to my water. <br />Based on the data, how should I proceed? What product or DIY treatment would you recommend? Any products that are CGM approved? Thank you kindly! Carley Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152342828658796846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000955270225133681.post-88219222636011250882018-06-02T17:38:39.408-05:002018-06-02T17:38:39.408-05:00Hello Natalia, If hair is okay with an acidic rins...Hello Natalia, If hair is okay with an acidic rinse, it might seem softer (but not *too much softer*) after using one, feel a little slippery when the rinse is on the hair, and won't feel rough or dry or stiff afterwards when the hair has dried. A bad reaction would be overly soft, overly limp, dry, brittle, rough or dull-feeling hair. The limpness can come from dehydration from using a too-strong acidic rinse.<br />With a Watersticks filter, you need to drain it and add salt water weekly (usually) and also backwash twice per year, and replace the filter yearly. It will work less effectively if you don't do that regular maintenance. I need to backwash mine, it has become difficult to recharge the last couple weeks. --- I don't think Joico K-Pack shampoo will help much with mineral residue Ion Hard Water Shampoo or Malibu Hard Water Shampoo would be good choices. I have used Ancient Sunrise Rainwash mineral treatment and I find it much too concentrated at the dilution they recommend. I would add more water. The same applies to Malibu Hard Water Remedy and Ion Crystal treatment, (similar to Malibu) they are very concentrated and can be diluted with water more than is recommended. Some people with very healthy, strong hair can use them, others will experience dry, stiff or flat hair. --- Everybody's hair has a different tolerance for acids which will depend on how wide your hairs are, how healthy your hair is (cuticle damage, chemical processing, heat styling, sun damage, swimming). My opinion (or my recommendation) is always to test a strand of hair first before using anything new all over your hair. Someplace you can see and handle easily. And if in doubt, go with a conservative pH level. I use homemade citric acid rinses for hard water. 2 Ingredients, distilled water and citric acid. Cheap, effective, and I control the pH. The "recipe" is listed above. You can use vitamin C (ascorbic acid) in place of citric acid, or replace half with vitamin C. Best wishes - WWShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604766377332720162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000955270225133681.post-78610689029207226172018-05-26T03:18:40.367-05:002018-05-26T03:18:40.367-05:00Hello Buchuris. It is best to start with dilute ac...Hello Buchuris. It is best to start with dilute acidic mixtures. The "recipes" I listed above for citric acid and vinegar are strong enough to work, but not overly strong. Healthy hair is less likely to be damaged by those concentrations, with fragile or damaged hair one needs to proceed with caution. If in doubt, either save some shed hairs, tape or tie them together and try the acidic rinse on them, or try it on a small section of hair before using it all over. <br />If your hair does well well with an acidic treatment, you might notice your hair feels softer or more flexible. It may have more shine or look brighter. It may feel lighter and move better. [Hair that feels too fluffy and light-weight could mean the treatment was too strong or left on too long]. If your hair is wavy or curly, the curl pattern may gain definition or bounce.<br />If your hair does not do well with acidic treatments, you might see very flat hair, very fluffy and overly light-weight hair. It may look dull or feel dry and rough or tangly. Good luck! -WWShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604766377332720162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000955270225133681.post-51184622098393352722018-05-09T02:59:32.941-05:002018-05-09T02:59:32.941-05:00How can i know if my hair is ok (or not) with acid...How can i know if my hair is ok (or not) with acidic treatments? What should i look for? <br />TIABuchurishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721710682495847812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000955270225133681.post-10371234032278241302018-04-23T03:50:58.622-05:002018-04-23T03:50:58.622-05:00Hello. you've mention in the post regarding ha...Hello. you've mention in the post regarding hair being ok with acidic rinse. What does that mean? what should i look for or take care of? dryness? breakage?<br />I have the waterstick filters (it was a huge research until i found them) but i think that before regenerating it, water is some how hard... in the long term, that will affect also, right? So maybe i have to do a special shampoo every a few months. What do you think?<br />Also i was wondering if the K-Pak Clarifying Shampoo is removing hard water residue as product build up.<br />Regarding Ancient Sunrise Rainwash mineral treatment (ingred.: Citric Acid, Ascorbic Acid, Xanthan Gum) do you have an opinion on this?<br />TIA!<br />NataliaUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15492828883683282952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000955270225133681.post-65685507018951482092018-03-25T20:04:54.572-05:002018-03-25T20:04:54.572-05:00Hello J.T., I'm so glad you're finding the...Hello J.T., I'm so glad you're finding the blog helpful! Best wishes - WendyWShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604766377332720162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000955270225133681.post-57328265595099900272018-03-20T00:01:25.361-05:002018-03-20T00:01:25.361-05:00I just wanted to thank you for your blog. I have l...I just wanted to thank you for your blog. I have learned more about my hair in two posts than I have in a lifetime. I'm off to explore more. 😊J.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05078911660992689959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000955270225133681.post-28785393728379682262018-03-01T12:07:08.710-06:002018-03-01T12:07:08.710-06:00Redken also makes a shampoo called Hair Cleansing ...Redken also makes a shampoo called Hair Cleansing Cream which is typically recommended for daily/routine home maintenance for hair that needs consistent attention to hard water amd mineral build up. mk202https://www.blogger.com/profile/01832622264743247577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000955270225133681.post-10197846060988961472018-02-16T11:45:51.698-06:002018-02-16T11:45:51.698-06:00Disodium and Tetrasodium EDTA are very similar and...Disodium and Tetrasodium EDTA are very similar and used for the same purpose in cosmetics - to stabilize the product (which helps it have a longer shelf life), to prevent minerals from interfering with the product's action and in some cases, to help with hard water minerals. These ingredients are not drying to hair and are used in very small amounts - usually less than 1%. <br />EDTA should not be eaten, that can be weakly toxic or cause birth defects. Testing done with the amounts used in cosmetics have found it far below the amounts which can cause reproductive or developmental toxicity. The FDA report mentions it has not been found to be carcinogenic. Here is a link to an abstract/summary for that report. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10915810290096522?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3Dpubmed&<br />So for *you* it is unlikely to be a problem.<br />As an environmental toxin - once you wash it down the drain - EDTA can increase the content of heavy metals in surface waters - and for the same reason it's a good remover of minerals in hair products. Heavy metals in waters is not good news for wildlife, nor for water treatment. Most of that EDTA comes from detergents used for cleaning - or in paper milling and other industrial applications.<br /><br />In the case of the product you mentioned - there is no reason to avoid it for your hair's sake. EDTA in hair gels like this is a product-stabilizer.WShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604766377332720162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000955270225133681.post-21679296416911315172018-02-07T10:34:05.814-06:002018-02-07T10:34:05.814-06:00Hello there!
First of all I wanted to say thank ...Hello there! <br /><br />First of all I wanted to say thank you for the amazing blog and all the super helpful amount of information here! I have started my curly hair (curly girl method) journey about a month and a half ago and I have to say that this so far is the place where I have found the most amount of helpful information that is helping me understand sooooo much about my hair and how it reacts to different products (it seems I am an odd one and all the supposed great products that seem to work for everyone else do not work for me) :( <br /><br />I'm afraid my question is about EDTA (and not minerals and hard water). Since this is a place where EDTA is mentioned quite often, I thought I would ask my question in this thread. I hope that's ok. <br /><br />I wanted to know your thoughts on Tetrasodium EDTA (is that the same as Disodium EDTA or are they different things?). Is that a toxic ingredient? I have read in some places that it is toxic and even cancirogenic. I assume it depends on the amounts used but I wouldn't want to put anything on my hair that would be detrimental to its health on the long run. Also, would it be drying to hair, pull out moisture or mess with the natural proteins/oils in the hair?<br /><br />I'm asking because I see it as one of the (last) ingredients one some gels like the ECO styler Curl & Wave gel (Here's a list of the ingredients: Water, Carbomer, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Glycerin, Amino-2-Methyl-1-Propanol, Sodium Hydroxymethylglycinate, Polysorbate 20, Tetrasodium EDTA, Fragance, Red#33) and I was wondering if it should be avoided. <br /><br />I was thinking of trying that gel but since it's quite cheap I'm worried some of the ingredients might be harmful in the long run. <br /><br />Thanks in advance for the help!! :)Anaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06075868536096089068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000955270225133681.post-83289162283392947762017-12-04T20:30:40.249-06:002017-12-04T20:30:40.249-06:00Hello Chelsea,
It's legit in that is will abso...Hello Chelsea,<br />It's legit in that is will absolutely form "micelles" which are one of the ways that detergents (and soaps) work to remove oil, dust, dirt and other residues. It should be able to remove excess oils and any other "stuff" in hair. I see 3 ingredients that can cause a feeling of build-up for some people - Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride and Polyquaternium-10 and Polyquaternium-11. <br />Is there enough EDTA to remove mineral residue? Possibly.WShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604766377332720162noreply@blogger.com