{"id":699,"date":"2024-02-17T23:01:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T22:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/?p=699"},"modified":"2024-02-17T23:01:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T22:01:57","slug":"conditioner-with-l-arginine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/?p=699","title":{"rendered":"Conditioner with L-arginine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve ordered some L-Arginine HCl for testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a first test, I added 4 grams of it to 46 grams of store-bought SAPDMA-based conditioner. So about 8% L-Arginine HCl or 6.6% L-Arginine. The change in viscosity was immediate, it got so thick I could barely stir it. I applied it to my hair as I normally do, about 15 grams spread using a wet detangling brush on wet hair, and leaving it in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Compared to the same conditioner without the Arginine, I feel it works a little worse as a wet detangler because of how thick it is. However, it does seem to work otherwise as intended &#8211; my curls appear stronger and more defined, without the gloss that some other products give to my hair. If I add more of the stuff to my hair, it works like hair gel, but less glossy\/oily. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will continue to test it for a few more washes, also see if I can apply it just dissolved in water as a hair mask. I want to understand better what it does before I start formulating with it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve ordered some L-Arginine HCl for testing. As a first test, I added 4 grams of it to 46 grams of store-bought SAPDMA-based conditioner. So about 8% L-Arginine HCl or 6.6% L-Arginine. The change in viscosity was immediate, it got so thick I could barely stir it. I applied it to my hair as I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conditioner","category-chemistry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=699"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":701,"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions\/701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}