The home of SwiftCraftyMonkey Formulating Inc.! Join Susan as she obsesses about cosmetic chemistry and other things (some possibly related to monkeys). Often strange, occasionally useful, and always worth a stop as a point of interest on your journey through the Intertron.
Yesterday, we met an awesome anionic (negatively charged) surfactant blend called Iselux Ultra Mild (INCI: Water (and) Sodium Lauroyl Methyl Isethionate (and) Cocamidopropyl Betaine (and) Sodium Methyl Oleoyl Taurate (and) Lauryl Glucoside (and) Coco-Glucoside) and learned everything we might want to know about it so we can make some seriously awesome products! Today, let’s make...
You can see in the photo above, this product eventually becomes really clear. This can change based on the fragrance/essential oil. In this version, I used Honey I washed the kids (Lush duplicate) fragrance oil with a few drops fuchsia LabColours. In part one, we took a look at the surfactants for this body wash....
Before we start, the photo above is day three/four of the body wash, and you can see it’s crystal clear. All the bubbles are gone, even though it was bouncing around in the cargo of a few different planes for quite a while. In part one, we took a look at the surfactants for this...
Before we start, the photo above is of the body wash on day two. The bubbles are floating to the top, so the clarity is increasing! In part one of this series, we took a look at the surfactants we want to use for this formula, then we looked at the rest of the ingredients...
As a note before we start, the photo I’ve chosen above is of the body wash when it’s super foamy and bubbly after I mixed it. Yesterday, we took a look at the surfactants we’ll be using in this super hydrating body wash with loads of humectants. Today, let’s take a look at this big...