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If you want to catch up on this simple ester series, click here for the last post that has all the links to the previous parts! After making our lotion bars – click here for that post – we decided to try using these simple esters in a lip balm to see how the colour...
Wow, it’s been a while? I’ve been trying to find time to write up these experiments I did with Emrys months ago, but life’s been way too busy! Let’s take a look at creating lotion bars with simple esters! If you want to catch up on this series, click here for the last post that...
As part of our ester series, Emrys and I have been testing many different lip balms and lotion bars with solid esters to check their pour temperature, colour pay off, skin feel, flavour oil retention, prettiness, and more. Solid esters used in place of butters can increase colour deposition and may feel less greasy, more silky,...
We’re working through the ingredients we need to make this conditioner – Formulas from Stepan: Links to the Multicultural Collection for textured or curly hair. We evaluated the formula in this post – How do I learn about new ingredients? STEPANQUAT® Helia (part six) – reviewing the formula from Stepan’s multicultural series – and found their were four...
Wow, it’s taken a while, but we made it to the end of the simple esters series. So far in this series, we’ve taken a look at these solid, simple esters… Myristyl myristate Cetyl palmitate Cetyl rincinoleate Cetyl esters Stearyl palmitate Cetearyl olivate Lauryl Laurate …and I thought we could compare them so you could...