Facial products

Creating a protective, naturally compliant facial moisturizer with all kinds of lovely things for the winter months using Olivem 1000 (part four) – creating a modified formula with actives & vitamins! 

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Welcome back to this five part series on making a facial moisturizer with Olivem 1000 suitable for the winter months when we might want more occlusion, emollience, moisturization, and hydration. In part one, we reviewed the base formula we originally made in the Newbie Tuesday beginner lotion making series in 2021. In part two, we...

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Creating a protective, naturally compliant facial moisturizer with all kinds of lovely things for the winter months using Olivem 1000 (part three) – creating the modified formula! 

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Welcome back to this five part series on making a facial moisturizer with Olivem 1000 suitable for the winter months when we might want more occlusion, emollience, moisturization, and hydration. In part one, we reviewed the base formula we originally made in the Newbie Tuesday beginner lotion making series in 2021. In part two, we...

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Creating a protective, naturally compliant facial moisturizer with all kinds of lovely things for the winter months using Olivem 1000 (part one) – reviewing our base formula

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I’m not sure why I didn’t get last year’s Newbie Tuesday/Formulating Friday series using Olivem 1000 done last year – I think pandemic malaise and the ongoing pain in my arms and hands were just too much to overcome – but I really wanted to finish it now by making a protective, occlusive, moisturizing, and...

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Q&A: Is there a reason you use combination of SCI and SCMI in the powder cleansers?

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I’m sorry I couldn’t answer your question more quickly, as I mentioned in the update from November 30th and the Welcome to December 2021 post, I’m having great difficulty typing and have to rely on dictation for a lot of work right now. Thank you so much for your patience. In our monthly Q&A post, Togzhan asked, Could...

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Creating creamy facial cleansing milks with Sensolene® or isopropyl isostearate (IPIS), part five – creating a cold process emulsion with Jeesperse® ICE-T CIS-2 (part two of two, the formula) 

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Welcome back to this series on creating creamy facial cleansing milks with Sensolene® or isopropyl isostearate (IPIS). In part one, we created a warm process formula with emulsifiers like Polawax, Montanov 68 MB, Simulgreen 18-2, and Simulsol/Lotionpro™ 165; in parts two and three, we created a cold process formula with Jeesperse® ICE-T-LB-T-NS or Jeesperse® silicone. In...

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