Surfactants

Questions from the recent Zoom workshop on shampoo bars: Adding conditioners to bars

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Thanks for joining me today! In this post, we’ll be taking a look at the questions you had about the pH of the shampoo bars we made in the Zoom workshop on June 14th, 2020. I’ve been going through the chat you were having – which was awesome! – and trying to answer the questions...

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Questions from the recent Zoom workshop on shampoo bars: pH, pH testing & pH meters

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Thanks for joining me today. In this post, we’ll be taking a look at the questions you had about the pH of the shampoo bars we made in the Zoom workshop on June 14th, 2020. I’ve been going through the chat you were having – which was awesome! – and trying to answer the questions...

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Questions from the recent Zoom workshop on shampoo bars: Substituting surfactants

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I’m not a good multitasker at the best of times – if you haven’t noticed, I’m just a little bit ADHD, and I found it even harder to do more than one thing at a time during last week’s Zoom workshop on shampoo bars because I was so excited to share this with you, so...

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#alltheingredients: Stepan-Mild® BSB (surfactant blend)

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This anionic or negatively charged blend of all kinds of wonderful things – INCI: Water, PEG-80 Sorbitan Laurate, Sodium Trideceth Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Disodium Lauroamphodiacetate, PEG-150 Distearate, Sodium Laureth-13 Carboxylate, Quaternium-15, Tetrasodium EDTA, DMDM Hydantoin, Citric Acid – creates what’s called a “baby safe blend” as it can create “no more tears” types products thanks...

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#alltheingredients: Plantapon SF – surfactant blend

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I’ve been playing a lot with Plantapon® TF, a non-ionic surfactant blend, using it in all kinds of cleansers, so let’s take a look at a relative of this surfactant blend – Plantapon® SF (INCI: Sodium cocoamphoacetate, glycerin, lauryl glucoside, sodium cocoyl glutamate, sodium lauryl glucose carboxylate), a naturally compliant, COSMOS approved surfactant blend that...

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