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I’ve seen two recipes going around the ‘net recently that are simply not good recipes. The first was posted as a comment in this post by FooFooBerry… I made this cream for personal use that I found on pinterest and it’s wonderful. The problem is there is no preservative in the recipe. It’s 1 1/4 cup of...
Sucragel AOF (INCI: Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil (and) Glycerine (and) Aqua (and) Sucrose Laurate) is a thick liquid emulsifier we can use cold to make gels and lotions. It’s based on sucrose laurate, which is an ester of sucrose combined with fatty acids. In this case, it’s combined with lauric acid, which generally comes...
I’m in the mood for some experimenting, so let’s play with some emulsifiers! Over the next few weeks, we’ll be taking a look at three emulsifiers – Ritamulse SCG, also known as Ecomulse (Lotioncrafter), Emulsimulse (Saffire Blue), and Natramulse (The Herbarie); Sucragel AOF; and Montanov 68, also known as Sugarmulse at The Herbarie. In the meantime, take a...
I grew weary of seeing that giant list on the right hand side of the blog in tiny letters that are hard for some of us to read, so I put all of it in the new frequently asked questions page of the blog! All the information that was in that section is there now,...
In an e-mail, Leanne asks: I don’t recall seeing this in any of your posts and I am a daily reader! I was on 100% Pure.com looking at their ingredient list. Their lotions and creams do not list any emulsifiers. They are not anhydrous products! How do they do that? I also don’t see any...