Surfactants

Surfactants! Alkyl polyglucosides (including decyl glucoside, caprylyl/capryl glucoside, lauryl glucoside, and coco glucoside)

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Before we can get into using Plantapon TF (INCI: Decyl Glucoside (and) Polyglyceryl-10 Caprylate/Caprate (and) Coco Glucoside (and) Glyceryl Oleate), I need to share more about these interesting, non-ionic surfactants called alkyl polyglucosides! I wrote about these many years ago, but thought it was time to update that information and get into more chemistry! Decyl glucoside...

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#alltheingredients: Stepan-Mild® LSB, a foamy, bubbly, lathery™ surfactant (INCI: Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate (and) Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate

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I can’t believe I haven’t told you the joys of using Stepan-Mild® LSB (INCI: Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate (and) Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate), one of my favourite foamy, bubbly, lathery™ surfactant blends. Let’s take a look at it before we have some fun with the Zoom call this weekend – Foamy, bubbly, lathery surfactants on Saturday, May 2...

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Live video stream – Foamy, bubbly, lathery surfactants on Saturday, May 2 at 11 am PDT!

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For this Zoom meeting, we’ll be making a surfactant based product – right now, I’m thinking bubble bath or body wash (thickened) and cleanser in a foamer bottle – then looking at the impact of fragrance or essential oils on clarity and viscosity. Topic: Foamy, bubbly, lathery surfactants! Time: Saturday, May 2, 2020 11:00 AM...

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Goin’ on a holiday: Super hydrating body wash with loads of humectants – reviewing the formula (part five)

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Three images of a pink bubble bath over three days. The clarity alters over the three days, becoming clearer over time.

You can see in the photo above, this product eventually becomes really clear. This can change based on the fragrance/essential oil. In this version, I used  Honey I washed the kids (Lush duplicate) fragrance oil with a few drops fuchsia LabColours.  In part one, we took a look at the surfactants for this body wash....

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Goin’ on a holiday: Super hydrating body wash with loads of humectants – the humectants (part three)

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Before we start, the photo above is of the body wash on day two. The bubbles are floating to the top, so the clarity is increasing!  In part one of this series, we took a look at the surfactants we want to use for this formula, then we looked at the rest of the ingredients...

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