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In this month’s Q&A, Victoria asked, I’m working on perfecting my natural body scrub formula, but I’m having a hard time getting the batch amounts correct. For example, I wanted to make a 4oz jar last night (somewhere around 113g), and ended up with about 12oz instead. My base formula includes 30% shea butter, 26%...
In this post, Question: Determining how much to use when working with powders, there’s a discussion going on about calculations. Let’s take a look at a few calculations today! BASIC FIRST LOTION RECIPE68.5% water16% oil (sunflower, soy bean, rice bran, or olive oil)5% shea or mango butter3% cetyl alcohol6% emulsifier (BTMS or Polawax)1% fragrance or...
From this post, Making a water-in-silicone serum, Nanette asks: How do you determine the correct percentages of powdered ingredients? 2% of powder A could weigh significantly more than 2% of Powder B. These kind of conundrums are the reason we weigh all our ingredients intead of using teaspoons or tablespoons. How much allantoin are we...
Sorry for not posting every day, but it’s at the point right now that I have write all the posts on the weekend, and if I don’t get that chance, then there’s nothing! I appreciate your patience as I get less busy in real life! (It stinks because I had all the posts for the...