Month: March 2020

Newbie Tuesday: Making naturally compliant lotions with Ritamulse SCG (week eight) – hand lotion #2

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Welcome to week eight of our series about making naturally compliant lotions with Ritamulse SCG. If you commented on any posts in the previous series and I asked you to contact me, you will have formulas two and three in your inbox already. If you want to start commenting on those formulas, please share your...

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Goin’ on a holiday: Super hydrating body wash with loads of humectants – the humectants (part three)

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Before we start, the photo above is of the body wash on day two. The bubbles are floating to the top, so the clarity is increasing!  In part one of this series, we took a look at the surfactants we want to use for this formula, then we looked at the rest of the ingredients...

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Goin’ on a holiday: Super hydrating body wash with loads of humectants – the rest of the stuff phase (part two)

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As a note before we start, the photo I’ve chosen above is of the body wash when it’s super foamy and bubbly after I mixed it.  Yesterday, we took a look at the surfactants we’ll be using in this super hydrating body wash with loads of humectants. Today, let’s take a look at this big...

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Goin’ on a holiday: Super hydrating body wash with loads of humectants – choosing our surfactants (part one)

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As a note before we start, the photo I’ve chosen above is of the body wash when it’s super foamy and bubbly after I mixed it. It will become clear over a day or two… We made it to Liverpool, England, the city from which my family hails, after a very long flight to Amsterdam,...

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#alltheingredients: Amine oxides – lauramine, myristamine, and cocamidopropyl amines

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I’ve been using myristamine oxide in my body washes, shampoos, cleansers, and other surfactant-y products for years, but I’ve never given it its own post. Let’s take a look at it and some related amine oxides to see why we might use them. There are three amine oxides I use – lauramine, myristamine, and cocamidopropylamine...

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