Month: July 2014

One ingredient, ten products: Sunflower oil in body butters

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Sunflower oil is a great addition to a body butter thanks to the – oh no, she’s going to mention it again!!! – linoleic acid, which helps speed up skin’s barrier repair mechanisms and reduces transepidermal water loss; oleic acid, which moisturizes and softens; and phytosterols, which reduce inflammation and itching. As I’ve just covered this subject in the One...

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One ingredient, ten products: Sunflower oil in oil based scrubs

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Making an oil based scrub is incredibly simple – it doesn’t require heating, just pouring and mixing – and sunflower oil is a fantastic choice for such an appplication. Yeah, I know, I keep going on about the awesome linoleic acid and how it is great for repairing skin’s barrier mechanisms and reducing transepidermal water...

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One ingredient, ten products: Sunflower oil in whipped butters

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I love using sunflower oil in whipped butters because it offers a really light skin feel that takes a while to sink into my skin. It offers me tons of lovely linoleic acid to help repair skin’s barrier mechanisms and reduce transepidermal water loss, oleic acid to soften and moisturizer, and the phystosterols help reduce...

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Weekend Wonderings: Should cationic guar smell fishy?

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SHOULD CATIONIC GUAR SMELL FISHY?In this post, Thickeners: Cationic guar gum, Anonymous asks: Should cationic guar gum have a fishy smell? I think I have some that is gone bad. How do you store it? Hi Anonymous. I’ll have to delete your comment as I don’t allow anonymous comments on the blog, but I thought...

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Weekend Wonderings: Substituting cetyl alcohol in a recipe

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In this post, One ingredient, ten products: Incroquat BTMS-50 in a body butter, Art Creators asks: Can we substitute the use of cetyl alcohol with something else? Yes. And let’s take a few minutes to consider how I know this and what you could use instead. When thinking of substituting an ingredient, ask yourself these...

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