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.
As I mentioned in this post, I’m really enjoying Cooking for Geeks, a book I originally bought for Raymond, and I’m reading a lot about safety in the kitchen. Although I’m not a fan of comparing cooking to product making, there are some points we can take from it when it comes to product safety....
Someone suggested Neutrogena’s Body Oil for a duplication, so let’s take a look at it! Ingredients: Isopropyl Myristate, Sesame (Sesamum Indicum) Oil, PEG 40 Sorbitan Peroleate, Propylparaben, BHT, Fragrance Isopropyl myristate – An ester that makes our products feel less greasy. It can be used as an oil to make products feel less greasy. Sesame oil...
As I organize the workshop a little better, I’m encountering ingredients I didn’t remember buying and haven’t used. I have a few esters and ingredients for hair styling products for my mom that I’ve never even cracked open! I’m dying to play with them, so I’m planning a day on the Easter weekend to go...
As a rule, you can use any lotion as an in shower lotion – just use it in the shower – but let’s take a look at the Ultra Moisture Oil of Olay In Shower Lotion contains and try to duplicate it. Remember the six steps for duplicating products… Step 1: Get the complete ingredient...
When you’re duplicating products, you’ll soon come to realize that the commercial products contain a lot more water and a lot more mineral oil than we generally use in our products at home. One of the reasons for using a lot more water is cost. Water is fairly inexpensive compared to oils, butters, surfactants, and...