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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...
Since no one seems to have any ingredients that bewilder them this week, we won’t be enjoying a why the heck did I buy this and what can I do with it Wednesday post. I had thought to write something, but I couldn’t think of an ingredient you might have but not know what to...
In the original why the heck did I buy this and what can I do with it thread, Catherine asks: I love your blog–what the heck can I do with Sea Kelp Ferment (INCI Lactobacillus/Kelp Ferment Filtrate)? I have been using it 100% on my face occasionally overnight (it is kind of sticky) and along my hairline...
In the original WTHDIBT&WCIDWIW post, Kathy Q brought up the ingredient Cromollient SCE (INCI: Di-PPG-2 myeth-10 adipate). We’ve discussed it before, but let’s take another look at it and what it can bring to our products. Cromollient SCE is an emollient PPG ester we can use to solubilize oil soluble ingredients into water soluble products, or...
In the WTHDIBT&WCIDWI Wednesday thread, a few suggestions were made for ingredients we’ve already used, but let’s take a look other ways to use foaming silk protein! (Click on that thread to make your own suggestion!) Kathy Q mentioned foaming silk protein (INCI: Sodium Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Silk Protein) as a potential why did I buy...