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10 minute lotions: Strawberry & honey yogurt parfait with Viscoptima SE

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 by SwiftCraftyMonkey

A few weeks ago, we met one of my favourite new cold process oil-in-water emulsifiers, ViscOptima SE (INCI: Sodium polyacrylate, ethylhexyl cocoate, PPG-3 benzyl ether myristate, polysorbate 20), which you might find as GelMaker RHEO from Making Cosmetics. Next, we reviewed the ingredients we might use in a super hydrating, cold process, strawberry smoothie cream…

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