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.
For this Zoom meeting, we’ll be making a surfactant based product – right now, I’m thinking bubble bath or body wash (thickened) and cleanser in a foamer bottle – then looking at the impact of fragrance or essential oils on clarity and viscosity. Topic: Foamy, bubbly, lathery surfactants! Time: Saturday, May 2, 2020 11:00 AM...
Anyone up for another Zoom meeting? I had such a blast at the last one, I thought we should do another! For this one, let’s take a look at the sensory characteristics of our emollients, specifically oils, solid oils, esters, and silicones. I thought we could take out our sensory characteristic sheets, and work on...
In the April Q&A, Cristina asked: Hi Susan! How do I adjust a formula that calls for a powdered extract but I have the liquid version and viceversa? For example, if the formula says 1% powdered X extract, but I have it in liquid, do I still use 1% of the liquid version? Would I...
Hi everyone! I’m so excited about our Zoom call tomorrow! Time: Saturday, April 18, 2020, 11:00 AM to 11:40 AM PDT (Look up the time in Vancouver, BC, to see what time it is for you) Join Zoom Meeting – https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72609061048?pwd=Q2JyWDIwRFN1dGpTclczaE5nQSt3UT09 Meeting ID: 726 0906 1048 Password: emulsifier I’ve created this handout so you can...
This is the formula we’ll be following for the Zoom call for Saturday, April 18th, 2020, at 11:00 to 11:40 am PDT. You can download the PDF by clicking this link – cold emulsifier demo april 2020 This cold process conditioner – Jeequat® NDCS (INCI: Cetyl alcohol, behentrimonium chloride, cocamidopropyl betaine, sorbitan laurate) is great...