bath and body

Better crafting through chemistry: Cetyl alcohol

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Cetyl alcohol! This short chain, saturated, fatty alcohol imparts an emollient feel to our lotions and creams and works with our cationic quaternary compounds to super-charge our conditioners. Compare the cetyl alcohol molecule to the stearic acid molecule. It has 16 carbons (stearic has 18) and it has an OH (oxygen-hydrogen or hydroxy group) whereas...

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Better crafting through chemistry: Stearic acid

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Oh, stearic acid, how we love you as a thickener! Inexpensive and multi-functional, you make a lotion become a decadent cream! Stearic acid is a saturated, long chain fatty acid with 18 carbon molecules, which is to say it is a chain of carbons and hydrogens with a carboxyl group (that COOH you see at...

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D-Limonene in your cleansers

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As I mentioned yesterday, I love d-Limonene and can find a use for it in almost everything! Remember to add d-Limonene to any water based or surfactant based products by using equal parts d-Limonene and polysorbate 20 as your emulsifier/solubilizer. If you are creating an oil based product – and I haven’t been able to...

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Please do not make your own sunscreen! (updated)

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Raymond forwarded me this link on Instructables – Homemade Sunscreen – and I have to rant about it! Please don’t think me bitter or mean! Someone eager to make lotion will try this and be disappointed and never try it again, and they’ve lost out on the joys we have found! Or they’ll get a...

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d-Limonene: Awesome cleansing power!

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Do you avoid super happy fun creation time because you can’t stand the sight of that sink filled with greasy containers and pots? Are you sick of dishwashing liquids or cleansers that promise to cut through an oily mess but disappoint you ever time? Are you looking for a green-friendly, ecologically pleasing ingredient that can...

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