HLB

Now you try it! Here’s a recipe (originally found in this post) on which you can practice your mad HLB figuring out skills! BODY BUTTER FOR ITCHY WINTER SKIN WITH MINIMALLY PROCESSED INGREDIENTSWATER PHASE25% water10% aloe vera10% chamomile hydrosol10% witch hazel2% hydrolyzed protein5% tamarind seed extract3% glycerin0.5% allantoin OIL PHASE10% soy bean oil7.5% cocoa butter7.5%...

Let’s choose a few more lotion recipes and see how we can use the HLB system to make our own emulsifiers! Let’s go with an easy one first – the six ingredient lotion for my husband’s itchy skin! SIX INGREDIENT LOTION WITH SHEA, SOY BEAN, AND SESAME OILHEATED WATER PHASE39.5% water20% aloe vera3% glycerin HEATED OIL...

So how do we use the HLB system to create an emulsifier? Click here for a great PDF with all the required HLB values of our oil phase ingredients and the HLB values of our potential emulsifiers. You will need to refer to this to play along! The steps to finding out the HLB value...