thickeners

Weekend Wonderings: Creating a creamier lotion bar/deodorant, using stearic acid in a foot cream, and making CP soap.

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Welcome to the Saturday edition of Weekend Wonderings! There are a lot of wonderings to ponder this weekend, so let’s get right to it! In this post on stearic acid, Charbel asks: Do you know what else I can add to a homemade deodorant that uses extra virgin coconut oil (38% of total ingredients), sodium...

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Questions I’ve seen this week: Cetyl esters or alcohol,

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In this post, Anastasia writes, When you have time for a question (totally for my own info!), I am having trouble understanding the difference between cetyl esters and cetyl alcohol. When would I use one over the other? Thanks! In this post on formulating and using thickeners, I take a look at what each fatty alcohol,...

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Using thickeners in our products

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I’m afraid I can’t find the e-mail/comment I wanted to quote here, but someone noted the other day that their body butter wasn’t very thick. I wanted to take this opportunity to remind you that our products may take up to a few days to thicken to their final viscosity and not to panic if...

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Some questions I’ve been asked this week about xanthan gum

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In this post on xanthan gum, Anonymous writes: Hi Susan! Just wanted to make sure I understood right, is it ok to use xanthan gum up to 2%, even for mild facial cleansers? Some say xanthan gum lowers the shelf life of products. Is that true? Lastly, I really like using polyquat 7 because it...

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Thickeners: Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC)

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Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (also known as hypromellose or HPMC as I’ll be typing from now on!) is a non-ionic, water soluble polymer derived from cellulose. It comes as a white or off-white odourless powder that we use to thicken our products. Because it’s non-ionic, it has many uses like shampoos, lotions, shaving gels, and pretty...

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