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Esters: Tweaking yesterday’s hand lotion into a body lotion

August 26, 2010 by Susan Barclay-Nichols

Yesterday we made a hand lotion using our esters…today we’ll take a look at making a body lotion by tweaking those ingredients.How is a body lotion different than a hand lotion? I like my body lotions to be thicker and more occlusive. So I’ll switch the cetyl esters for cetyl alcohol and change and increase…

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