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I had to share this awesome video made by Jaimie, the awesome chemist at Lotioncrafter, demonstrating how simple and fun it is to make a lotion with SIMULGEL™️ EG (INCI: Sodium Acrylate / Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer & Isohexadecane & Polysorbate 80), an awesome, easy-to-use cold process emulsifier. Woo hoo, that takes about five minutes...
I’ve really missed our Zoom workshops, so let’s get them started again! Let’s make some oily gels in a Zoom workshop on Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11 am PST (Vancouver time). We’ll be making oily gels and gel-to-cream products using Sucragel, Sapogel, and sodium surfactin. It will run about two hours. We’ll meet the...
This answer is simple – because it’s the only choice we had when we started on Patreon, and it’s been the easiest thing to maintain. Everything is designed for American currency – software, plug ins, programs, payment processors – so to not charge in it is a lot of work. We charge in Canadian for...
I was astonished to see such weird information about Sepimax ZEN (INCI: Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6) out there as I surfed the ‘net and social media over the holidays, so I had to update the ingredient profile on this gorgeous gelling rheology modifier that was designed to handle electrolytes like no other! Here are some posts that...