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Epic lotion fail!

December 10, 2012 by SwiftCraftyMonkey

I think it has become abundantly clear that I love Ritamulse SCG, and I forgot what a fickle emulsifier this can be! I suffered an epic lotion fail yesterday while making a 1000 gram batch of hand protectant. I switched 8% Ritamulse SCG for the 7% Polawax, removed 1% from the water phase to compensate…

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