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One ingredient, ten products: Sunflower oil in whipped butters

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I love using sunflower oil in whipped butters because it offers a really light skin feel that takes a while to sink into my skin. It offers me tons of lovely linoleic acid to help repair skin’s barrier mechanisms and reduce transepidermal water loss, oleic acid to soften and moisturizer, and the phystosterols help reduce...

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One ingredient, ten products: Incroquat BTMS-50 in solid scrub bars

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Solid scrub bars are a great place to use Incroquat BTMS-50 as it will impart some great conditioning and moisturizing without a lot of greasiness, and it stiffens the bar so it’ll keep its shape. Adding Incroquat BTMS-50 to a bar means it’s now an emulsified scrub bar. Why make an emulsified bar instead of...

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One ingredient, ten products: Whipped butters without butter

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A few years ago, I set out to see if I could create a whipped butter without using a butter in the hopes of being able to turn some of my favourite oils into whipped butters! Take a minute to check out my posts on the topic if you’re interested… Experiments in the workshop: Whipped...

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Question: Can I add glycerin to a lotion bar?

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In this post on lotion bars, anonymous asks: How can you get glycerin to mix in a lotion bar? Do I heat to a certain temperature? Mix the wax and glycerin first before I put in my heated oils? Help I love glycerin in all my products. If you are wondering if you can mix...

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Weekend Wonderings: Is there a general rule about increasing/decreasing beeswax in lotion bars?

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In this post on lotion bars, Tina asks: I’m trying to figure out if there’s a general rule for tweaking the basic recipe (33/33/33/1 -beeswax/butter/oil/fragrance). You said that, for example, with cocoa butter, you’d use less beeswax. So if I use beeswax at 25%, what’s the rule for altering the butter and oil? Does that now...

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