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This is a bonus formula I shared during my cold process emulsifier class I offered at Windy Point Soap Making Supplies in 2018. It’s a lovely, light but hydrating, non-greasy lotion formula to which you can add all manner of lovely fragrance or essential oils to make you feel all wintery and cozy! We have...
This was a bonus formula I taught in my luxe facial products class at Voyageur Soap & Candle in June 2019 for a gorgeous facial moisturizer using Incroquat BTMS-50 to create a light, moisturizing, matte, non-greasy emulsion that felt absolutely amazing thanks to the lighter oils, dimethicone, and squalane. We have a coupon for Voyageur...
In this post, Adapting formulas to use ECOcert ingredients: Montanov™ 68, Christi asked, Seppic the manufacturer says Montanov 68 is an oil in water not a water in oil emulsifier. Would this not interfere with it emulsifying to add it this way? Let’s take a look at this concept! I think Christi is referring to...
I’m absolutely in love with this new cold process emulsifier, SEPILIFE™ NUDE aka GelMaker® NAT (INCI: Sodium acrylate/sodium acryloyldimethyl taurate copolymer, C15-19 alkane, polyglyceryl-6 laurate, polyglycerin-6). It’s a liquid, anionic, cold process/room temperature emulsifier, rheology modifier, thickener, suspender, and texture modifier that can be used to emulsify oils on its own or used in combination...
I can’t stress this enough – stearic acid is a non-ionic fatty acid that thickens anhydrous products and emulsions. It is not an anionic (negatively charged) emulsifier. Sight, I thought we’d demythified this one years and years ago, but here it is, out in the wild, messing things up again. Out there in the world...