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Questions from Patreon: Why are you adding protein and panthenol into the heated water phase?

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On my Patreon feed, Jennifer asked:  I saw (and like) the recipe you posted on the facial lotion (rosehip/calendula), and saw that you put the protein and panthenol in the hot water phase.  Most of your earlier posts put these two in the cool down phase.  Does it matter which phase?   It does and...

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Weekend Wonderings: When removing or adding an oil soluble ingredient, what do we replace?

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In this post, We’re back from holidays, Lisa asks: When I want to add IPM to a recipe at 2%, what item in the recipe do I reduce by 2%? And when I have a question about a particular recipe of yours, do I post the question on the recipe post? Not sure how often you...

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Weekend Wonderings: Adding and removing from the water amount

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When we’re adding or removing water soluble ingredients from a recipe, we tend to remove or add to the amount of water in the product. Let’s say we have a recipe that looks like this…. BASIC LOTION RECIPEHEATED WATER PHASE74% water HEATED OIL PHASE20% oil5% emulsifier COOL DOWN PHASE1% preservative …and we want to add...

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