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Poor stearic acid. It’s often overlooked for its glidier, silkier cousin cetyl alcohol, but this fatty acid is an inexpensive way to thicken a lotion, anhydrous body butter, lotion bar, and more. Stearic acid is a saturated, long chain fatty acid with 18 carbon molecules, which is to say it is a chain of carbons...
One of the ways you can use Captex SBE or ButterEZ (INCI Caprylic/capric/stearic triglycerides) in our products is as a thickener. It can be used in place of a butter in your products or you can combine it with a butter or oil to thicken it or reduce grains. I think the most amazing thing...
As I mentioned yesterday, one of the main applications of Captex SBE/ButterEZ (INCI Caprylic/capric/stearic triglycerides) is as a way of reducing grains in our butters. It’s simple to use it in this capacity, and once mixed up, you can use it as you would any butter. UNREFINED SHEA BUTTER WITH CAPTEX SBE/BUTTER EZ80% shea butter20% Captex...
There’s nothing more frustrating than making a delicious body butter from some unrefined shea only to find out that it’s riddled with specks of what feels like sand and grit when you apply it. That’s where Captex SBE (aka Butter EZ – INCI Caprylic/capric/stearic triglyceries) saves the day! ButterEZ is a thick white butter composed...
How does Ritathix DOE compare to liquid Crothix for thickening and skin feel? Let’s take a look! THICKENING SURFACTANT BASED PRODUCTSTo summarize the video: I scented by my body wash for oily skin with niacinamide and sebum control enzyme with 1% lemon curd fragrance oil, then divided it into two portions of 288 grams each....