Welcome to the home of SwiftCraftyMonkey Formulating Inc.! Join Susan as she obsesses about cosmetic chemistry and other things (some possibly related to monkeys)! Here you’ll find over 5,000 posts and formulas written over the past 16 years for everything from lotions, creams, and body butters to hair care products to fancy facial products filled with actives and cosmeceuticals! Enjoy the site without distractions – no ads, pop ups, sponsored posts, affiliate links, “one weird tricks” – all supported by readers like you.
In this post, Learning to formulate: The cool down phase, MSC asks: What is the maximum percentage of ingredients, specifically oils, that I can add in my cool down phase? I recently read that it is better not to heat Argan oil, which I would like to use. If I wanted 4% of my oil…