Hair wax, make it yourself

Hair wax, make it yourself:

            Ingredients:

            1. 2/3 fluid oz. (20 milliliters) of distilled water.

            2. 1/12 fluid oz. (2.5 milliliters, or ½ teaspoon) of glycerine.

            3. 1/12 fluid oz. (2.5 milliliters, or ½ teaspoon) of propylene glycol.

            4. 1 fluid oz. (30 milliliters) of white semi-solid vaseline/petroleum jelly.**

            5. 1/24 fluid oz. (1.25 milliliters, or ¼ teaspoon) of trietanolamine.

            6. 1/12 fluid oz. (2.5 milliliters, or ½ teaspoon) of cetylic alcohol.

            7. 1/24 fluid oz. (1.25 milliliters, or ¼ teaspoon) of dimethicone.

            8. Some drops of orange essential oil. (Or the essence you like the most.)

            **You can replace the petroleum jelly with one of the following:

            – Beeswax.

            – Candelilla wax.

            – Carnauba wax.

            – Castor wax.

Shelf life: 3 months.

Yield: 1 1/5 fluid oz  (approx. 35 milliliters)

Elaboration time: 10 minutes.

Utensils:

A metal casserole.

A glass bowl

A metal pot.

A plastic jar.

A teaspoon or tablespoon.

A stove.

Procedure:

           

            1. Pour the distilled water, the glycerine and the propylene glycol in the casserole. Heat at medium heat / medium fire.

            2. Pour the white petroleum jelly in the glass bowl and put this one inside a pot which contains water (bain-marie or double boiler).

            3. Once the petroleum jelly has fused in the glass bowl, add the cetylic alcohol  and stir with a spoon up until alcohol fuses.

            4. Once the petroleum jelly and the cetylic alcohol have mixed thoroughly, add the trietanolamine, the dimethicone, and the orange essential oil.

            5. Pour carefully and very slowly the mix of step No. 1 into the glass bowl, stirring all the time at a constant speed. Retire the bowl from bain-marie and continue stirring. The hair wax will be ready in a few minutes.

            6. Pour it in a plastic jar and put the cap on the jar.

            Recommendations:

            (A) The mix of step No. 1 must be added very slowly to the glass bowl containing the mix of petroleum jelly and cetylic alcohol because it has to be emulsified.

            (B) This product is ideal to fix the hairdo, leaving it with a wet look.

            (C) It has at least one advantage over the hair gel: it does not harden, but remains pliable.

            (D) Apply the wax on your dry hair, or better, on your slightly moist hair; then, do your hairdo.

            [Also, let us mention that many recipes contain the following core ingredients:

            1. One part beeswax.

            2. One part aloe juice.

            3. Two parts extra virgin coconut oil.

            Ingredients can be blended together in a double boiler and brought to a boil.]

            Personally, I prefer the recipe mentioned in the first place.

A mention of Hair wax has been made in the Wikipedia.