One ingredient, ten products: Incroquat BTMS-50 in emulsified scrubs (part one)

If there is one thing in the world I could not live without, it would be the emulsified scrub. I love love love this product to exfoliate and moisturize my skin in the shower. They’re super easy to make, and the way they turn into lotion in the shower still amazes me years after making...

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Blast from the past: Suncreens – What does SPF mean? What exactly is sunscreen? Why shouldn’t we make our own?

WHAT DOES SPF MEAN? (Originally found here…) What is sun protection factor or SPF? How is it defined? SPF is defined as… the dose of UV radiation required to produce 1 minimal erythema dose (MED) on protected skin after the application of 2 mg/cm2 of produce divided by the UV radiation to produce 1 MED on...

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One ingredient, ten products: Incroquat BTMS-50 in a body butter

We’ve on the fifth product using Incroquat BTMS-50, and I thought we should take a look at body butters. Before we start, let’s define what we mean by a body butter first because there are a few products called body butters that we could create. What I mean by a body butter in this post...

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One ingredient, ten products: Incroquat BTMS-50 in facial moisturizers (part two)

Let’s pause this series for a moment and look at a few combinations of ingredients we could use to tweak yesterday’s recipe for a facial moisturizer with Incroquat BTMS-50. Since I’ve written quite a few posts about tweaking the oil phase of our products – see yesterday’s post for that list – let’s take a...

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One ingredient, ten products: Incroquat BTMS-50 in facial moisturizers (part one)

Incroquat BTMS-50 is a great emulsifier for our emulsified products like moisturizers, lotions, creams, and body butters. It will emulsify quite a lot of oils, which means we can use less than we would with other emulsifiers, like Polawax. There is no rule of thumb with Incroquat BTMS-50, so we have to figure it out...

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