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Shelf life of our products: Creating, packaging, storing, and using products with longer shelf lives – a luscious emulsified body butter (part two)

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I do love a good emulsified body butter, a lovely thick, gooey, emollient lotion that goes on smoothly on my skin without being too greasy but still leaves behind an occlusive layer that lets me know my skin is being moisturized and hydrated. One of my favourites this year was this occlusive & protective body...

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Formulating a moisturizing, hydrating, occlusive, protective body butter for the winter months using a cold emulsifier, Jeequat® NDCS – part three, reviewing the process for making the product, then the formula! 

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Welcome back to this short series on making a more naturally compliant, cold emulsified body butter using Jeequat® NDCS as our emulsifier. In our post on Tuesday, January 4th, 2022, we looked at what we might consider when adapting a formula, then reviewed the ingredients, including the preservative. In our post on Wednesday, January 5th,...

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Formulating a moisturizing, hydrating, occlusive, protective body butter for the winter months using a cold emulsifier, Jeequat® NDCS – part two, considering the oil phase, emulsifier, and other ingredients

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Welcome back to this short series on making a more naturally compliant, cold emulsified body butter using Jeequat® NDCS as our emulsifier. In yesterday’s post, we looked at what we might consider when adapting a formula, then reviewed the ingredients, including the preservative. In today’s post, let’s look at the oil phase, emulsifier, and other...

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Formulating a moisturizing, hydrating, occlusive, protective body butter for the winter months using a cold emulsifier, Jeequat® NDCS – part one, what to consider, then reviewing the ingredients, including preservatives! 

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Thanks for joining me for this second short series on making body butter for the colder, windier, snowier winter months. We made a moisturizing, hydrating, and occlusive body butter using the cold emulsifier, ViscOptima® SE, that I absolutely loved over the last few days – find them here… In Thursday, December 29th’s post, we chose...

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Creating a moisturizing, hydrating, and occlusive body butter using ViscOptima SE, a cold emulsifier (part three) – the formula! 

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Welcome back to this three part series on making a moisturizing, hydrating, occlusive body butter for protecting and soothing our skin during these colder, windier, snowier winter months! In Thursday, December 29th’s post, we chose an emulsifier and the oil phase. In Friday, December 30th’s post, we chose the rest of the ingredients. Today, Saturday,...

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