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What do you want to know? Combining emulsifiers

December 9, 2013 by SwiftCraftyMonkey

In the What do you want to know post, Katie Z asks: I’ve been wondering what would happen if I used two complete emulsifiers together in one formulation. This came up because I was looking at your emulsified scrub, and it calls for 10% emulsifier. I use Olivem 1000 [INCI: Cetearyl Olivate (and) Sorbitan Olivate], and the…

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