The home of SwiftCraftyMonkey Formulating Inc.! Join Susan as she obsesses about cosmetic chemistry and other things (some possibly related to monkeys). Often strange, occasionally useful, and always worth a stop as a point of interest on your journey through the Intertron.
In the October Q&A post, Sarah asked: This is a question that has been consuming me – which emulsifiers do we use to make a lotion or cream (not a gel) containing acids, such as fruit AHAs, and lactic acid? Seriously! Which ones? Signed, Old and Wrinkly Kristina shared, Simulgreen 18-2 is ECOcert and Natrue certified, AND is stable between ph...
I shared this on my blog Facebook page, but didn’t share it here. Sorry about that. I encourage you to check out some of the comments as there are some interesting ones, and some from my bestest ever friend, Hamsa Ryuugan posing as Claudia Celeron. (He’s blocked me, which is just so sad and pathetic,...
A woman wrote to me the other day to say her shampoo bars were soft and sticky. I asked her to tell me her exact formula, and it was identical to one of mine with one huge exception – she added 1% concentrated aloe vera powder, either 100x or 200x. Since then, I’ve read of...
Thanks for sticking around to the end of this series. I know for some this might seem like a very dry subject and some of you are yelling at the screen for me to shut up about chemistry stuff and get to the formulas, but if you have a curious mind and want to learn...
What’s the silliest mistake you’ve made so far when making bath & body products? I had an almost mistake back in 2006, when I started this awesome journey. I had a terrible cold, one that had my sinuses so stuffed, I couldn’t lay down to sleep without feeling like I was drowning. Could I use...