Chemistry Thursday: Foamy, bubbly, lathery™ surfactants: Sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) and sodium coco sulfate (SCS) (part 52)

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September 29 2023

Chemistry Thursday: Foamy, bubbly, lathery™ surfactants: Sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) and sodium coco sulfate (SCS) (part 52) This is an exciting day! We’re talking about foamy, bubbly, lathery™ surfactants – some of my very favourite ingredients – and how they work! Woo hoo! Let’s recap what we’ve learned so far, look at where we find...

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Smell Ho! Why does using a fragrance oil with vanilla make our products brown? (part five)

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Four vials of lotion sit on a table. The first two have a brown/beige colour. The third is almost a bright white. The fourth is a lighter beige colour. Used to illustrate the impact of vanilla on a formula.

Welcome to a new part in the series on fragrance oils series that you can always find in the fragrance oils part of the site, found under the “ingredients” tab in the menu bar. In today’s post, let’s take a closer look at why our products might get a little brown when using a fragrance...

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Zoom workshop on hydrolyzed proteins & peptides: Video replay, modified formulas, and all the other good stuff!

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Woo hoo! That was such a fun workshop yesterday on hydrolyzed proteins & peptides with Natalie Skiller of This Formulating Life and Sweet Little Crumb! Seriously, go on over to Natalie’s Patreon and sign up for only $5 USD today! She has an amazing 14 part series on cleansing balms that will blow your mind....

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Zoom workshop on Sunday, May 17, 2026 at noon PDT: Hydrolyzed proteins, amino acids, and peptides in facial products with special guest, Natalie Skiller of This Formulating Life! Updated with handout and formulas!

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Woo hoo! We have another Zoom workshop planned for Sunday, May 17, 2026 at noon PDT (Vancouver, Canada time): Hydrolyzed proteins, amino acids, and peptides in facial products with special guest, Natalie Skiller of This Formulating Life. She’ll be sharing a formula for a facial product with peptides, while I’m doing a quick foaming facial...

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Super important note! You can substitute any oil for any oil, any butter for any butter, any oil for any butter, and any butter for any oil in my formulas…

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In any of the formulas I share with you here on the site, in my classes, or in my e-books, you can substitute any oil for any oil, any butter for any butter, any oil for any butter, or any butter for any oil and you will create something successful. Your lotion will still be...

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