solubilizers

Ingredient: PEG-40 hydrogenated castor oil – the results for Black Amber Lavender and Clementine Cupcake (part 1)

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I’m quite excited to be playing with PEG-40 hydrogenated castor oil, which is a new-to-me solubilizer that promises to improve foam and create clear solutions. Yesterday, I told you about the experiments I did with this solubilizer, and today we’ll take a look at some of the results! BLACK AMBER LAVENDER FRAGRANCE OIL On day 6...

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Ingredient: PEG-40 hydrogenated castor oil – my methods for testing

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I finally found time to play with my PEG-40 hydrogenated castor oil over my holidays, so let’s take a look at the results of my experiments! (I’ve done this kind of testing before using caprylyl/capryl glucoside. Check out the post here!) I chose four different fragrances that I hoped would cover the kinds I might...

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Weekend Wonderings: Mixing small amounts of oil with water, separation of oils in a serum, and heating and holding the phases together

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In this post on witch hazel, Anonymous asks: I am working on an insect repellent using 90% Witch hazel and 10% EO. Will the two ever blend or will it have to be shaken each time? They won’t blend and they will need to be shaken every time.  Oil and water don’t mix. To get them to...

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Weekend wonderings: Solubilizers, herbs in shampoo bars, and modifying lip balms

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In this post, Steve wrote: Thank you very much for your generosity in sharing the magical world of fragrances. I’m still doing my research and tonight have been studying the whole solubilizer thing; and if you please, I have a question.Let’s say I may making up a hypothetical formula of a mix of distilled water and...

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Solubilizers: Making fragrance sprays with caprylyl/capryl glucoside (updated)

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One of the easiest things to make with any solubilizer is a water based fragrance spray. And one of the hardest things to do is to figure out how much fragrance or essential oil you need to use to have that oil disperse without having to shake the product. You can see from the recipe...

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