Formulating Friday cold process emulsifier series: SEPILIFE™ NUDE and SIMULGEL™️ EG (part three, using 1% emulsifier formulas)

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Welcome to part three of this series/course – Formulating Friday cold process emulsifier series – in which we’ll be making a 1% formula using SEPILIFE™ NUDE or SIMULGEL™️ EG. The way I’m planning this series, we’ll start off by meeting the emulsifiers – which we did last week – then I’ll introduce a new base...

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Chemistry Thursday: Esters – the rest of ’em, part 36

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Welcome back to this introduction to cosmetic chemistry course! Let’s take a look at the rest of the esters we haven’t covered so far – some are emollients, some are emulsifiers, all are awesome! An important note about this series – it’s here for life. It isn’t going anywhere. If you want to take a...

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Demythifying the myths: Fancy oils are not sensitive to heat – you can put them in the heated oil phase

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I see this comment all the time – can I add my fancy oil (like rosehip, evening primrose, borage, raspberry, etc.) to the cool down phase of the emulsion so I don’t hurt it? – and I thought I’d write something about it. Here’s the quick summary of this post: Oils are not heat sensitive...

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Formulating Friday cold process emulsifier series: SEPILIFE™ NUDE and SIMULGEL™️ EG (part two, about SIMULGEL™️ EG)

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Woo hoo! Welcome to part two of this new Formulating Friday series/course! I’m so unbelievably excited to share these awesome ingredients with you. I know you’re going to have great fun! These emulsifiers are some of my favourite ingredients as I can make a lotion in less time than it takes me to gather my...

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Formulating Friday cold process emulsifier series: SEPILIFE™ NUDE and SIMULGEL™️ EG (part one). 

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Woo hoo! Welcome to part one of this new Formulating Friday series/course! I’m so unbelievably excited to share these awesome ingredients with you. I know you’re going to have great fun! These emulsifiers are some of my favourite ingredients as I can make a lotion in less time than it takes me to gather my...

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