Weekend Wonderings

Weekend Wonderings: Cetyl alcohol really isn’t an emulsifier, making a Vitamin E product, and non-smooth looking lotions

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I mentioned in this post on Friday that cetyl alcohol isn’t an emulsifier. I want to mention it again. It really isn’t an emulsifier. It will not bring together water and oil. It is an oil, so if you mix it with a water soluble ingredient or into a water soluble product, it will eventually...

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Back to basics Weekend Wonderings: Can you turn a lotion bar into a scrub bar? and why did it take ages to get to 70˚C?

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CAN YOU TURN A LOTION BAR INTO A SCRUB BAR?In this post, Back to the very basics: Defining terms for anhydrous products, Karen asks: I want to ask, is there a reason why a person can’t just add exfoiliates to a lotion bar recipe and have a shower scrub bar? And for the scrub bar, can I substitute...

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Weekend Wonderings: Colouring products and filling containers!

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Let’s take a look at some of the comments I’ve seen around the blog this week! Do you have a question? Check out the Weekend Wonderings post and comment! Or comment on other posts on the blog. I just check that one first, usually! In this post on Mother’s Day prezzies, there were two comments…...

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Weekend Wonderings: Why do we need preservatives in products containing water?

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Is it Saturday already? Let’s take a look at some Weekend Wonderings! In the Weekend Wonderings posts, Chris asks: What exactly is the reason why products containing water need to be preserved? Or more specifically: What is it about water that makes it attractive for bacteria and all the other nasties? Just like us, microbes need...

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Weekend Wonderings: Using a water soluble preservative in anhydrous products, creating our own cleansing conditioner, and a foaming sugar scrub recipe.

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CAN WE USE WATER SOLUBLE INGREDIENTS IN AN ANHYDROUS PRODUCT SO WE CAN USE A WATER SOLUBLE PRESERVATIVE?In this post on Liquid Leucidal preservative, Julia asks: This is my preservative of choice! The problem I have run into: I would like to use it in my emulsified body scrub ( I LOVE the recipe on your...

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