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Esters: Super Sterol esters

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Super Sterol is a brand name for the product C10-30 cholesterol esters, and it’s produced by Croda. It’s derived from wool wax and shows excellent spreading and excellent adhesion properties. It is a clear, white to yellow, odourless oil like substance that is quite thick compared to other esters. Our stratum corneum lipids contain cholesterol,...

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Update to the Links to Lists section

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If you look under the section entitled “Links to Lists”, you’ll see there’s a change – I’ve updated the oils & butters section to be emollients – oils, butters & esters to include links to the posts I’ve been writing on esters. (I’m only allowed 10 pages, so I have to use them sparingly!) If you...

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Esters: Using cetyl esters in hair care products

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If you’re making a conditioner, consider using cetyl esters in place of the cetyl alcohol to make a thinner product. You can substitute it 1 for 1 with cetyl alcohol in any conditioner recipe.  Cetyl esters are a great inclusion in a leave in conditioner where you want the boosted substantivity of the cationic quaternary compound without the...

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Esters: Using cetyl esters in body care products

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As I mentioned yesterday, you can use cetyl esters as a substitute for cetyl alcohol in pretty much any creation. You will find you have a slightly silkier, definitely thinner, lotion when you make this substitution. As a note, if you’re using BTMS as your emulsifier, you probably won’t notice a difference in the silkiness...

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Esters: Cetyl esters

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Cetyl esters are an interesting ingredient indeed! Composed of a number of esters of saturated fatty alcohols and saturated fatty acids, they can contain a number of different esters in one product, including cetyl stearate, cetyl myristate, cetyl palmitate, myristyl myristate, and myristyl stearate. They are derived from vegetables, and you know you have cetyl...

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