solubilizers

Q&A quickie: You don’t need to add a solubilizer with surfactants or emulsions

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I’m about to say something pretty controversial, which you already know after reading the title: You don’t need to add solubilizer to your foamy, bubbly, lathery surfactants as they’re by definition surfactants, and they can do the job themselves. The very nature of a surfactant is that it has a hydrophilic or water loving head...

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Solubilizers: Caprylyl/capryl glucoside

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I wrote a bit about this solubilizer caprylyl/capryl glucoside in this post on glucoside surfactants, but let’s learn more about it now! Caprylyl/capryl glucoside (aka octyl/decyl glucoside or C8-10 alkyl polyglucoside) is an Ecocert non-ionic solubilizer with a pH of 5.5 to 6 that can be used as a solubilizer and a very gentle surfactant. It...

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(Member exclusive) Ingredient: Esters: Di-PPG-2 myeth-10 adipate (or Cromollient SCE)

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Di-PPG-2 myeth-10 adipate (or Cromollient SCE) is a PPG ester we can use in just about every product we make, which is quite the claim! PPG esters are surfactants with a hydrophilic or water loving head and a lipophilic or fat loving tail, so they can bring together water and oil as a surfactant. They’re...

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A few thoughts for the day on Honeyquat, alcohol, and solubilizers

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For a while there, it seemed like honeyquat smelled like dead plastic fish and I couldn’t use it in anything, even things that had loads of fragrance in it. I’m happy to report that the version I have from Lotioncrafter smells like…well, nothing, which is a good thing. When it comes to using alcohol in...

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It’s too hot to craft: Peppermint & chamomile cooling spray

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If you’ve read this blog for any length of time, you probably already know how much I hate the heat and how much I love cooling sprays. I love to create these combinations of humectants and film formers and things that make my skin less angry with the world during the summer. So let’s take...

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