surfactants

Member exclusive video: Small alterations in the type of fragrance oil you use can make a massive difference in viscosity

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It’s pretty incredible to see how changing one small thing – the type of fragrance oil you use – can make such a huge difference in the viscosity of surfactant based products, like bubble baths, body washes, cleansers, and more. In the video below, I used this formula for my ultra bubbly bubble bath. I thickened...

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Viscosity!

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In these posts on surfactants I’ve been writing recently, I’ve mentioned viscosity quite a lot, so I thought we should take a look at this concept. The easy way to think about viscosity is about the thickness of a fluid. Water has low viscosity while something like glycerin has a higher viscosity. I liked this...

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Member exclusive Q&A: What’s that goop in my surfactant bottle?

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In the March Q&A, Doris asked: I finished up a litre bottle of Bioterge today and was surprised to find quite a large amount (maybe 10-15% of the total) of a solid/gel/something like that at the bottom of the bottle. I went to get the new bottle I received just a week ago and discovered...

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Experiments in the workshop: Making a rose water & chamomile facial cleanser with other surfactants and Siligel

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We made a lovely facial cleanser the other day with Miracare Soft 313 and Siligel. Let’s take a look at using other surfactants in this formula. The key to using Siligel as your thickener for surfactants is to remember what you can’t use with it. You don’t want to go higher than 5% active anionic...

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