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In this post, Surfactants: A short guide to lathery, foamy, bubbly things, Renie asks: When I look up “BSB” and find this written on your blog “BSB (PEG-80 Sorbitan Laurate, Sodium Trideceth Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Disodium Lauroamphodiacetate, PEG-150 Distearate, Sodium Laureth-13 Carboxylate, Quaternium-15, found at Voyageur)”…..I take it to mean that all of the names...
I’m so far behind on comments – I think I might be in mid-April at this point – and I’m trying my best to answer the best I can. I’ll be posting quite a few on the blog over the next little while as I answer them in the order in which they were written,...
On my Patreon feed, Lindy asked: I am trying to choose from among the green emulsifiers, and I was wondering if you are aware of any that are more or less comedogenic than others? Any time I create for my daughter and best friend, it is the number-one issue. I know there are no guarantees, but...
On the Patreon feed, Jacque asks: I have a question about IPM and a regular sugar scrub, not emulsified. I am trying to make a cost effective sugar scrub but have it not too greasy and last about 1 year. My favorite is grapeseed oil but I know the shelf live is 3-6 months. A...