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texasgal · August 30th, 2005, 06:09 PM

I was looking at a Samy brand conditioner & in the list of ingredients it had emulsifying wax NF. Can anyone tell me what that is?

**Flaxen** · August 30th, 2005, 07:34 PM

It's a vegetable based emulsifier, meaning it makes water and oil ingredients mix together. It's made of cetearyl alcohol and Polysorbate 60. Some people find it to be very coating, but I don't have a problem with it used normally. It didn't work very well when I used a conditioner with it for CO, though.

**Dianyla** · August 30th, 2005, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Flaxen

It didn't work very well when I used a conditioner with it for CO, though.

Boy, you can say that again! If you are washing with shampoo and conditioner it probably won't cause too much trouble, but I had yucky icky buildup issues when COing with conditioners containing vegetable emulsifying wax.

chamogirl · August 31st, 2005, 04:44 AM

I can't use conditioners with that stuff in it-makes it tangly

SmallVoice · August 31st, 2005, 08:18 AM

One of my favorite sites is www.makeyourowncosmetics.com. They have a good ingredient encyclopedia. It's not too technical but not too simplistic, either. It's a good place for generic information.