Super happy fun member-to-member post for December

Welcome to the December 2019 member-to-member sharing and caring post, an open post for you to share your thoughts, ask questions, share formulas, and generally connect with other people on this blog. One of the reasons I went with Disqus was to allow posts with pictures or videos or links of all sorts so we could share...

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Reference post: How I’m calculating cost per gram for ingredients

I’ve been trying to include the cost of each ingredient in grams for the products I’ve been making lately, so I thought I should share how I’m figuring that out for future reference. You can see this in action in the recent Sisley Paris Floral Lotion duplication. I go to the supplier where I bought...

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Esters: Cetyl ricinoleate – simple ester

Catch up on this series: Part one, the chemistry and nomenclature of esters; part two, types of esters and their sensory characteristics; and part three, chemistry of the sensory characteristics. We also took a look at the hydrolysis of esters, and simple esters!  Cetyl ricinoleate is derived from ricinoleic acid from castor oil, so it’s a palm-free...

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All kinds of great questions about solid bubble bath bars!

In this post on solid bubble bath bars, Susan wrote, I had a couple questions about bubble bars. I looked at countless recipes, looked up the ingredients of the lush bars, watched videos, and rounded up all the potential ingredients I had on hand. Cream of tartar is stupid expensive but it appears it’s needed...

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#alltheingredients: Cream of tartar (INCI: potassium bitartrate)

I’m shocked I’ve never written about this ingredient before, so let’s rectify that mistake, eh? Cream of tartar is an an acidic ingredient also known as potassium bitartrate or potassium hydrogen tartrate* derived from wine making, and used a few different ways in cooking and creating bath and body products. We use it as a...

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