substitutions

Weekend Wonderings: Substituting cetyl alcohol in a recipe

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In this post, One ingredient, ten products: Incroquat BTMS-50 in a body butter, Art Creators asks: Can we substitute the use of cetyl alcohol with something else? Yes. And let’s take a few minutes to consider how I know this and what you could use instead. When thinking of substituting an ingredient, ask yourself these...

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Weekend Wonderings: Learning to make substitutions for ingredients and using decyl glucoside as a surfactant

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I have to ask this question as well – if you are a beginner, why are you trying to make products from scratch? I’ve been getting quite a few e-mails and comments from people who are creating their own recipes and wondering why they won’t work. Please please please find a tried and true recipe...

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Emulsifiers: Making a slightly simpler Lotionpro 165 body butter

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We took a look at a body butter yesterday that contained quite a few ingredients. If I surveyed every recipe on this site – which would number over a thousand! – there would probably be a question on each of them from you, my wonderful readers, on how to make them simpler, how to leave...

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(Early) Weekend Wonderings: Substitutions for mango butter,

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Happy Black Friday! And thanks for your lovely Thanksgiving wishes, but I’m Canadian, and our holiday is the second Monday of October. But I’ll always happily accept good wishes and blessings any time of the year! I’m not going near the shops today because I don’t really do crowds, so let’s spend some time looking...

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Modifying the low surfactant foaming facial cleanser: A few sample recipes with substitutions

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Welcome back! I hope you had a lovely weekend! Let’s resume where we left on Friday with modifying the low surfactant foaming facial cleanser with oat surfactant with different ingredients. Part 1: Introduction and explanation of the productPart 2: Substituting surfactantsPart 3: Substituting extracts and hydrosols What’s the point of this product? This is a...

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