esters

Esters: Using ethylhexyl palmitate in your creations – making a body butter with shea!

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I’ve said it a hundred times so far, but esters are a great way of increasing the feeling of dryness or reducing the feeling of greasiness, increasing the lightness and spreadability, and decreasing the thickness of your lotions or butters. So let’s take a look at a really greasy product – body butter with shea...

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Esters: Formulating with IPM and IPP

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I’m a big fan of both IPM and IPP – I generally add them at 2% in a lot of my creations to make it feel slightly less greasy (although I do like a greasier feeling lotion, IPP and IPM offer just enough reduction to stop me from leaving huge greasy fingerprints on my iPod...

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Esters: Using C12-15 alkyl benzoate in facial moisturizers

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A facial moisturizer is the perfect place to use C12-15 alkyl benzoate or cetearyl ethylhexanoate as they’re lightweight, emollient, non-comedogenic, and non-greasy, meaning we get the benefits of an oil without the possible drawbacks like blackheads or break-outs. And the increased occlusivity of C12-15 alkyl benzoate is always great for facial products! Let’s take a...

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Esters: Making a facial serum

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Esters are a great inclusion in a facial serum to increase its ability to spread nicely over your skin and to decrease the feeling of oiliness. If you’re a person who can’t handle oils on your skin, esters can be a way to get some emolliency and occlusion without having to worry about break outs!...

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Esters: Cetearyl ethylhexanoate (Guerbet esters)

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Cetearyl ethylhexanoate (also known as cetearyl octanoate, and found under the trade name Tegosoft Liquid, Luvitor EHO, Schercemol CO ester, and Crodamol CAP) is a light, colourless liquid that does have a faint odour. It has a shelf life of 24 months and can be used at up to 25% in our creations. Its viscosity...

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