Facial products

Member exclusive: Lightly fragrant champa micellar water (ECOcert)

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When it comes to making an ECOcert micellar water, I turn to caprylyl/capryl glucoside, a non-ionic surfactant that helps us solubilize small amounts of water that works as the cleanser on our skin in the same way the PEG-6 caprylic/capric triglycerides and polysorbate 80 worked. I have to admit something to you – I don’t...

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Member exclusive formula: Refreshing peppermint micellar water

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On March 14th, we took a look a what we might need to make micellar waters. Yesterday, we made a rose water micellar water with PEG-6 caprylic/capric triglycerides. Let’s look at a few different versions we could make today… A popular inclusion as the surfactant is polysorbate 20 or polysorbate 80. I find they can...

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Member exclusive: Let’s make a micellar water!

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The other day, we took a look at micellar waters, so let’s see how we can make our own. Quick summary: Micellar waters are water based products that contain a lot of water and a few other ingredients at quite low percentages intended to be used as light, no rinse facial cleanser that removes make-up...

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Patreon exclusive: Creating micellar waters (introduction)

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Micellar waters are all the rage right now, so what’s the deal with them? What’s a micellar water? These are water based products that contain a lot of water and a few other ingredients at quite low percentages iintended to be used as light, no rinse facial cleansers that remove make-up and oils from our...

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Experiments in the workshop: Making a rose water & chamomile facial cleanser with other surfactants and Siligel

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We made a lovely facial cleanser the other day with Miracare Soft 313 and Siligel. Let’s take a look at using other surfactants in this formula. The key to using Siligel as your thickener for surfactants is to remember what you can’t use with it. You don’t want to go higher than 5% active anionic...

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