Hey $10 subscribers! The November 2019 e-zine is out! Check out Shiny things, volume 3: Ingredients that distracted me!

It’s been a wonderful year of adding new ingredients to my workshop, and in this e-zine, I’m sharing my process and base formulas for trying new ingredients in warm and cold lotions, hair conditioners, moisturizers, and more, and playing with five new ingredients – tamanu oil, cloudberry seed oil, Iselux Ultra mild surfactant blend, a...

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Esters: Using cetyl palmitate as a substitute for fatty alcohols and acids (part two)

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!  The other day, we met cetyl palmitate, a simple waxy, flaky, oil soluble...

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Esters: Using cetyl palmitate as a substitute for fatty alcohols and acids (part one)

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!  Yesterday, we met cetyl palmitate, a simple waxy, flaky, oil soluble ester that...

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Esters: Cetyl palmitate, 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 Palmitate is a simple ester, a white, waxy flake used as a...

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A few ideas for gifts you can give this year: Solid bubble bath (sulfate-free)

Bubble bath is such a fun gift, and creating a solid bubble bath using powdered surfactants is such a great way to create something both awesome and packaging-free! It’s easy to whip up a few batches of this formula in different colours and fragrances, and shape them anyway they please. Plus, it’s a great way...

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