The home of SwiftCraftyMonkey Formulating Inc.! Join Susan as she obsesses about cosmetic chemistry and other things (some possibly related to monkeys). Often strange, occasionally useful, and always worth a stop as a point of interest on your journey through the Intertron.
A massive, huge, giant thank you to Monica, Tiffany, and Chris for the images you’re seeing in this post and in this series! Monica created the one in the header; Tiffany, the second photo with the coloured lotions and spatulae; and Chris, the third photo with the yellowy custardy lotions with sea buckthorn oil. They’ve been...
Welcome back to the Newbie Tuesday introduction to lotion making course/series using Simulsol/Lotionpro™ 165 (INCI: Glyceryl stearate and PEG-100 stearate). Today, we’ll be making a hand & body lotion type emulsion using this emulsifier along with the ingredients I suggested you buy in the shopping list (click here for more information). Click here for part...
Welcome to week one of our beginners’ lotion making series/course, Newbie Tuesday, for 2021! This will also serve as the first post for the Formulating Friday more advanced lotion making series/course as we learn all about the emulsifier we’ll be using in this part of the series/course, Simulsol 165 (INCI: Glyceryl stearate and PEG-100 stearate),...
Thank you so much for joining me for the first three parts – of at least five – in our Newbie Tuesday beginner lotion making series/course this year. I’d love to hear your thoughts and comments and all the things you learned about making lotions this year! We also enjoyed the Formulating Friday series for the...
Welcome back to our Newbie Tuesday beginner lotion making series, this one focusing on making lotions, body butters, creams, and moisturizers with Incroquat BTMS-50. This week, we’re making a facial moisturizer, a light, powdery, non-greasy lotion with some awesome oils, like squalane. Previous posts & links for this series! If you don’t know much about...