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I’ll post a few variations on this recipe over the next few days. As I didn’t have the sorbitan stearate and polysorbate 60 – I’ll order some shortly, I promise! – I went with Simulgreen 18-2*, (INCI: Hydroxystearyl Alcohol and Hydroxystearyl Glucoside) an all-in-one emulsifier that I’ve been using a lot lately. I’m really enjoying...

Let’s take a look at how to create the prototype recipe for Liz Earle’s Cleanse & Polish Hot Cloth Cleanser using the HLB system .Click here for part one  or click here for part two .  As I mentioned in the previous posts on this topic, this lotion uses polysorbate 60 and sorbitan stearate as...

Yesterday we took a look at steps one and two for duplicating Liz Earle’s Cleanse & Polish Hot Cloth Cleanser . Today, let’s take a look at steps three and four, figuring out what’s really important in the ingredient list and figuring out how much of each ingredient to use.Step three: Figure out what’s really...

P Hazel suggested we take a look at this product , so let’s start by looking at the ingredient list and figuring out what each ingredient does. (Linked ingredients will go to my blog unless otherwise indicated with an asterisk!)Click here to see my duplicating process in six steps , or to see the way...

I made up the prototype recipe from the other day , but had to make a few changes because the pH was super high and the viscosity was low. Let’s look at the recipe, the process, then the alterations. I’ll put in bold the alterations I made in the recipe and process.As a note, I...