A few ideas for gifts you can give this year: Bath salts!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! My (dating) anniversary with Raymond (26 years!), my birthday, Christmas, and the day I was adopted, which also happens to be New Year’s Eve, all fall within 12 days at the end of the December, and I need to celebrate every single one, loudly and happily with...

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Esters: Simple esters

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.  Esters are created when an alcohol and an acid react. In the case of simple esters, this is when a fatty alcohol and a fatty...

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What are esters? Part three: Chemistry of the sensory characteristics or why they feel the way they do

Catch up on this series: Part one, the chemistry and nomenclature of esters, and part two, types of esters and their sensory characteristics.  There are quite a few factors that contribute to the functionality of the ester, that is to say these factors contribute to the viscosity, skin feel, melting point, liquidity, surface tension, and...

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What are esters? Part two: Types of esters & their sensory characteristics

Thanks for joining me for part two of this series on esters. Yesterday, we looked at the chemistry and nomenclature of esters. Today, let’s take a look at why we might use esters in our products, and what they bring to the party. We use esters for all kinds of reasons – as emulsifiers, as...

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Let’s make some basic lotions, including my six ingredient lotion series!

If you’ve never made a lotion before or just feel like making something basic, check out my six ingredient lotion series! These lotions give your ingredients a chance to shine, to really show what they bring to the product by way of skin feel, viscosity, cushion, play time, lubricity, and so much more! Challenge: Six...

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