Men’s products: Formulating a drier feeling lotion

As I mentioned the other day, it seems like the men who contact me want drier feeling lotions – but then again, so do a lot of women. I tend towards the greasier side of the the lotion spectrum, so let’s take a look at a few ingredients and tweaks we can make to create...

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Men’s skin!

The chemistry of men’s skin is just slightly different enough to be interesting and relevant when we’re making products for men. (Click here to see an overview of our skin’s chemistry.) Men’s skin tends to be thicker than women’s skin and they experience more gradual thinning of the skin over their lifetime, whereas women’s skin...

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Manly products for manly men – an overview

My dad was a manly man. He liked manly things like plumbing and/or pipefitting, hockey, drinking alcoholic beverages, and bubble baths. Whaaaaaat? Yep, almost every man I know enjoys a good bubble bath from time to time, and why shouldn’t they? It’s an enjoyable experience! I didn’t get to share any of the products I...

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Question: Can I make up batches of product and scent it later?

Quick point of interest: I’ve written a new post on this topic with more information – Q&A: Can I make up batches of product and scent it later? How do I do that? And a disclaimer on how much fragrance oil to use in a formula! (July 11, 2022) – which adds more information to this...

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Question: How to convert recipes from percentages to weight

Here’s an e-mail question I received from JC:I don’t know anything about chemistry, so I don’t understand the % you put for each ingredient. I’m used to read cooking recipes, where they tell you 1 teaspoon of this, 1 cup of that, but I don’t know how I would measure the % of the ingredients...

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