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In this post, Formulating facial moisturizers for wrinkled skin, Tina asks: I have recently found your blog and instantl fell in love 🙂 Thank you for al the effort you are putting in it, there are soooo many interesting and useful information for a hobby cosmetic maker. I do have one question though – I read a...
Welcome back! I hope you had a lovely weekend! Let’s resume where we left on Friday with modifying the low surfactant foaming facial cleanser with oat surfactant with different ingredients. Part 1: Introduction and explanation of the productPart 2: Substituting surfactantsPart 3: Substituting extracts and hydrosols What’s the point of this product? This is a...
I’ve come down with a pretty icky stomach thing that’s had me in bed playing Animal Crossing on my new 3DS all weekend, which is why I haven’t had a chance to look at and respond to email and comments this weekend. I’ll do my best over the next few days to catch up with...
On Wednesday, we took a look at modifying the low surfactant foaming facial cleanser with foaming oat protein. On Thursday, we took a look at modifying the facial cleanser with different surfactants. Today, we’ll take a look at some of the hydrosols and extracts I used in this product with a plan for Monday’s post...
As I mentioned yesterday, I modified my low surfactant foaming bottle cleanser with foaming silk to include foaming oat protein instead. But I use a lot of ingredients you might not have in your workshop, so let’s take a look at the ingredients and see what we can substitute for each one! Note: Always remember...