Surfactants: Disodium cocoamphodiacetate

I’ve bought a new surfactant to play with over my two week holiday at Christmas! It’s disodium cocoamphodiacetate (aka Amphosol 2C by Stepan)! Disodium cocoamphodiacetate is a mild amphoteric surfactant, much like cocamidopropyl betaine. The “ampho” part in the name indicates it’s amphoteric, meaning it carries a different charge in different pH levels. If it’s...

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The lotionmaking 101 e-book is finally done!

After much work, I’ve finally put together all the posts on this blog relating to lotion making in the Lotionmaking 101 e-book! It runs 305 pages and 95,647 words, and you’ll find everything I know about the basics of lotion making, chemistry of lotions, all the ingredients we use, information on anti-oxidants and preservatives, and...

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Presents for bath & body crafters!

With all the running around I’ve been doing running various groups, trying to get my own crafting done, and finishing up the lotion book, I didn’t get time to write the post I wanted to on disodium cocoamphodiacetate, so I thought I’d put together this list… Crafty types can be hard to buy presents for...

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Substitutions: Formulating on a budget – substituting for esters

After writing this post on substituting for less expensive ingredients, I got to thinking about esters. You know I love my esters, but if you can’t get them locally or find them more expensive than our oils, you can use fractionated coconut oil in place of most of oil soluble ones in lotions and anhydrous creations....

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Substitutions: Exchanging one oil for another

When I first started making products, I’d find all these amazing lotion recipes but it always seemed I was missing the oil or butter they suggested. I tentatively exchanged the oils, fully prepared for an epic fail, and they would work! Yay! Lotion success! I figured out which ones I liked based on skin feel...

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