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In the July Q&A on my Patreon feed, Doris asked: I fell down this particular rabbit hole because I wanted to duplicate a simple shampoo that I love. (It’s this shampoo – Dirty Girl Farm, Bamboo Shampoo.) I think the order of the ingredients is off, but according to the label they are: water, glycerin,...
In yesterday’s post, we took a look at how we might use alcohol in a lotion. In today’s post, I thought I’d shared a few ways you could incorporate ethanol into your products. If you want to make something pH balanced for our skin, I know you can use Aristoflex AVC to make 50% ethanol gels. In...