substitutions

Modifying the low surfactant foaming facial cleanser: Substituting for the hydrosols and extracts

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On Wednesday, we took a look at modifying the low surfactant foaming facial cleanser with foaming oat protein. On Thursday, we took a look at modifying the facial cleanser with different surfactants. Today, we’ll take a look at some of the hydrosols and extracts I used in this product with a plan for Monday’s post...

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Modifying the low surfactant foaming facial cleanser: Substituting surfactants

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As I mentioned yesterday, I modified my low surfactant foaming bottle cleanser with foaming silk to include foaming oat protein instead. But I use a lot of ingredients you might not have in your workshop, so let’s take a look at the ingredients and see what we can substitute for each one! Note: Always remember...

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A thought for the day: If there’s a reason you can’t use an ingredient…

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I see e-mail messages and comments all the time asking how to substitute something in a recipe because someone has an allergy or are vegan or have a special need or political belief that means they can’t use an ingredient, and my suggestion is to learn what the ingredient brings to the product and learn...

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(Long) Weekend Wonderings: How to heat and hold on a stove, substituting surfactants. and where contaminants in our products arise?

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HOW TO HEAT AND HOLD ON A STOVE?In this post, Love writes: I know that heating and holding is very important but how can I control that the heat won’t go above 70˚C? On my stove, which is a generic stove, there are 3 different settings (1, 2 and 3). The problem however is that there’s no...

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Formulating on a budget: A tester recipe

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As I mentioned in this post on formulating on a budget, learning about your ingredients can really save you money when you find an amazing recipe that you think you’d like to make…so let’s take a look at a sample recipe and see where we can save some money! When I started making products, I...

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