Weekend Wonderings

Weekend Wonderings: Using cetrimonium chloride in shampoo, using coconut oil in an emulsified body butter, measuring really small batches of products, and scales

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USING CETRIMONIUM CHLORIDE IN SHAMPOOIn this post Question: Can you use cetrimonium chloride in a shampoo?, Sciaretta Farms asks: So is there any point in using silicones in products where you add cetrimonium chloride? Will the silicones be negated if you use it? Sciaretta Farms is referring to information contained in this post – Cetrimonium chloride...

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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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Weekend Wonderings: Compensating for evaporation, adding water soluble ingredients to a serum, and citronellyl methylcrotonate.

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WHAT HAPPENS TO THE OTHER INGREDIENTS WHEN THEY EVAPORATE DURING HEAT AND HOLD? In this Weekend Wonderings comment post, Anitra asks: This one’s related to our heated water phases; When compensating for evaporation, do we need to compensate for any of the goodies (panthenol, glycerine, aloe, etc.) added to the heated water phase as well?...

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Weekend Wonderings: Oils good for our hair, what does “neat” mean, and how do we stop whipped butters from melting in the heat?

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What’s up with the Dish? I have no idea. If you know, please post something here!  WHICH OILS MIGHT BE GOOD FOR OUR HAIR?In this post on which oils might be good for hair, Nancy writes: I have dry dry hair that is fine and fragile. I am trying to give up the expensive salon products...

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Weekend Wonderings: Compensation for evaporation, Polawax as a possible replacement for beeswax, and using Epsom salts in bath bombs

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Have something you want to ask? Visit the Weekend Wondering comment post and ask away!  COMPENSATION FOR EVAPORATION AFTER HEATING AND HOLDING In an e-mail, Brittany asks: I’ve struggled with the heating of the water phase for a while now. You suggest to heat the water phase for 20 minutes, but to add more than...

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