Allergens in your hair!

As a result of doing hair physical analysis (shop link on the right), and especially working with my and my husband's hair, I am learnin...

pH Testing at Home

If you mix up your own hair rinses or protein treatments or hair gel, at some point you need to have some pH test strips or paper. You can r...

Update to Penetrating Oils Post

This is the original post , with the updated list. I've done a little more research and this may be more accurate. Because all these oil...

Different Porosity, Same Hair

It's fairly common to have hair that is porous on the ends, but not at the roots. That means different parts or your hair require rather...

More About Protein

I have been researching protein for use in hair products to see whether there is any background for predicting which proteins will work well...

Update to Hydrolyzed Protein List

I have been updating my list of hydrolyzed proteins by weight, you can find the new list in this old post. I also learned that hydrolyzed co...

pH of Common Homemade Rinses

This post relates to a recent post about pH and your hair . It's best to stay between pH 4.5 and 7 under most circumstances. Outside the...