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Yesterday we took a look at how adding 3% of a fatty alcohol or fatty acid (like cetyl alcohol or stearic acid) could change the thickness of our lotion, and I’m sometimes surprised at how adding a titch of something can change a lotion so much! So I thought we’d take a look at how…