Iron Chemist results: LSB

Well, this was an interesting week and I didn’t think I’d meet the challenge*, but I managed to pull it off by Saturday! This week’s challenge was all about LSB, a surfactant blend of SLSa and DLS mild from Stepan (click here for more information and the rules of the challenge). *I’ve been messing around...

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Iron Chemist: LSB

Welcome to Workshop Stadium. This week the Chairman, Raymond (my lovely husband), has chosen the third Iron Chemist ingredient – LSB (surfactant from Stepan). I’m grateful he chose this one; I accidentally bought two bottles of it, forgetting I had already purchased the first, so I have tons with which I can play! Here are...

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Iron Chemist results: SCI

Last Sunday, my lovely husband chose SCI as the ingredient for this week’s Iron Chemist! And here are the results! SYNDET BODY BAR50% SCI33% SLSa10% cocamidopropyl betaine3% cocamide DEA2% glycol distearate2% fragrance oil Weigh the SCI and cocamidopropyl betaine in a heatproof container and place into the double boiler. Weigh the cocamide DEA and glycol...

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Iron Chemist: Sodium cocoyl isethionate (SCI)

Welcome to Workshop Stadium. This week the Chairman, Raymond (my lovely husband), has chosen the second Iron Chemist ingredient – sodium cocoyl isethionate.  Here are the rules. Every week I will ask my husband to choose a number between 1 and 10. These represent boxes of supplies in my workshop. Once he has chosen a...

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Iron Chemist results: Sodium lactate

So this week’s Iron Chemist challenge was to make at least two products with sodium lactate. I admit this was a very hard ingredient to use because I use it in just about everything, so how am I to come up with some new ways of using it? I can’t use it in a rinse...

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