pH

Q&A: How would you modify a shampoo bar formula to be a “no more tears” product? Part four, overview of testing pH and our formula!

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Welcome to part four of this series on how we might create a “no more tears” kind of shampoo bar using various anionic, non-ionic, and amphoteric surfactants. In part one, we reviewed the surfactants that Alexander noted she has in her workshop – sodium cocoyl isethionate (SCI), foaming apple surfactant, decyl glucoside, and Cocamidopropyl Betaine –...

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Q&A: Do we need to test and adjust the pH of our lotions?

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In our Zoom workshop last Sunday, we made the formula you can see in this week’s Newbie Tuesday post for hand & body lotion with Polawax, e-wax NF, Phytomulse, or Natragem EW. This will product a lotion with a pH between 5 to 6.5-ish, which is where we want it to be for our skin....

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Questions from the recent Zoom workshop on shampoo bars: pH, pH testing & pH meters

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Thanks for joining me today. In this post, we’ll be taking a look at the questions you had about the pH of the shampoo bars we made in the Zoom workshop on June 14th, 2020. I’ve been going through the chat you were having – which was awesome! – and trying to answer the questions...

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Join me this Sunday for a Zoom meeting on pH & pH meters (Download formula & handout here!)

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pH & pH meters! Join me as we take a look at pH and our products. We’ll calibrate our meters, then use them to test a few different products. I’ll show you how to prepare your your product for testing, create pH adjusting fluids, measure the pH of your product, and adjust the pH.  Topic: pH...

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How the ingredients determine the pH of a shampoo bar, and testing Lush’s Jumping Juniper bar

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When we were at Windy Point Soap Making Supplies two weeks ago, we had great fun testing the pH of various Lush products, including three shampoo bars – Jumping Juniper, Montalbano, and Trichomania – as well as two “self-preserving” shower gels, Honey I Washed the Kids and The Olive Branch. Let’s take a look at...

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