Emulsions

Beginners! Check out my foolproof hand & body lotion formula!

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I’ve noticed a lot of people trying to make lotions and experiencing serious fails, so I thought I’d share my pretty much foolproof formula for a hand & body lotion with Polawax, emulsifying wax NF, or Incroquat BTMS-50. I’m serious when I say it’s foolproof – if you follow my instructions and don’t go substituting...

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Q&A quickies: Why do we have to allow the product to cool before packaging?

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Why do we always say to package your product when it’s reached room temperature? Because we don’t want all that condensation in the bottle or the cap, which can happen when the product is even slightly warm. Before you know it, you have mold and other nasty things growing in the cap that’ll end up...

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Back to basics: Making your first lotion!

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I see people asking all the time where to start the process of learning how to make lotions, and my first suggestion is to check out the beginners’ section of my blog where I have starting formulas for all kinds of products, from whipped butter and lotion bars to lotions, creams, and body butters along...

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Potential duplication for Coochy Shave Cream (part four)

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First, we took a look at the ingredient list for Coochy Shave Cream, Frosted Cake, then we figured out what’s important and how much of each thing we might use in our starting formula. Yesterday, we tried the formula and thought it could use a little more thickening, so let’s take a look at making...

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Creating a light hydrating summer body milk with Olivem 1000 – part one

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On Thursday, we met a new-to-me oil, tamanu oil! Let’s take a look at how we might use this in a lotion! As a note, I find the smell too strong to use in huge amounts in an anhydrous product, like a lotion bar or whipped butter, but you could certainly use it in those...

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