The home of SwiftCraftyMonkey Formulating Inc.! Join Susan as she obsesses about cosmetic chemistry and other things (some possibly related to monkeys). Often strange, occasionally useful, and always worth a stop as a point of interest on your journey through the Intertron.
The next few days are going to be a blast from the past as we learn more about the HLB system. I’ve updated these posts with more information and ideas so it’s not just a re-posting of something I wrote two years ago! When we’re working with emulsification systems like e-wax or BTMS, we don’t...
Jen W. suggested this product for duplication in this thread (which is where you can go to add your suggested product): Korres Milk Proteins 3 in 1 cleansing emulsion Ingredient list: Aqua (Water), Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Oil, Squalane, Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil, Glycerin, Macadamia Ternifolia Oil, Dicaprylyl Ether, Pentylene Glycol, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Olivoyl Hydrolysed...
In this post (where you can suggest a product for duplication), soapilyever after suggests: LUSH, a no rinse facial cleanser called 9 to 5. here are the ingredients: Water (Aqua), Almond Oil (Prunus dulcis), Stearic Acid, Fresh Dove Orchid Extract (Dendrobium), Everlasting Flower Absolute (Helichrysum stoechas), Ylang Ylang Absolute (Cananga Odorata), Triethanolamine, Cetearyl Alcohol, Perfume, Methylparaben, Propylparaben....
I’m so annoyed right now with Croda, makers of Incroquat BTMS-50, Incroquat CR, Polawax, and so on. They’ve decided that the little people – anyone who doesn’t have an e-mail address at a cosmetic company – can’t access their intranet for information, which means we can’t access data sheets or studies on their ingredients. A...
Merilyn e-mailed me to ask…I wonder if you can help me with this body butter. I whip butter after butter and I just can’t seem to get the same just whipped spreadable consistency…The specific item is called ‘ORGANIC Body Rich Body Butter’, it’s 81% certified Organic. It says it “Deeply nourishes hydrates and protects with Shea...