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We took a look at making an opaque moisturizing body wash yesterday. Today, let’s take a look at how to make a clear moisturizing body wash! Although I do think the opacity works to make the user feel as if it is more moisturizing, there’s no reason we can’t make a clear one that feels just...
It seems to me that everyone is on a quest to make a moisturizing body wash. There are a few ways to make a body wash more moisturizing – follow the guidelines for increasing mildness in surfactant based products by reducing the concentration of the surfactants, choosing milder surfactants, and adding irritation mitigators like conditioning...
Cromollient SCE works really well in hair care products so let’s take a look at using its emollient and detangling properties in our shampoos and conditioners! Cromollient SCE will increase the mildness, decrease the wet and dry combing forces on our hair, and offer emolliency and detangling properties. So let’s take a look at adding this...
Cromollient SCE (INCI Di-PPG-2 myeth-10 adipate – but I’m not typing that every time!) is a PPG ester that is water dispersible and oil and surfactant soluble. A lot of people get this product to make dispersible bath oils in the place of polysorbate 80, but it has so many other purposes! Cromollient SCE is...
We’ve taken a look at using esters in rinse-off and leave-in conditioners, and it’s easy to add our PPG-3 benzyl ether myristate to conditioners in place of our silicones or as an additional emollient, conditioning, and shine enhancing ingredient. Making an intense conditioner is a great idea for dry or processed hair, so let’s take...