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#alltheingredients: Dodecane – super light, fast spreading hydrocarbon emollient

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Dodecane is a very lightweight, natural, plant-derived, non-polar emollient (hydrocarbon) we can use anywhere we might use oils – lotions, facial moisturizers, lip balms, colour cosmetics, facial sera, eye care products, hair care, anhydrous products. It’s a great pigment wetter and helps disperse pigments in colour cosmetics. In hair care products, both rinse-off and leave-on, it...

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Creating facial moisturizers with active ingredients: Vitamin C, 3-glyceryl ascorbate

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This post and formula is kinda an extension of last week’s Formulating Friday in which we made a facial moisturizer with the emulsifier Simulsol/Lotionpro™ 165 as we’re modifying those formulas, but you don’t have to be following the series to make these. If you’d like to learn more about each ingredient and why we’re using them...

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Updates from around the blog: 4,300 posts?!? Where to find “recipes”? What should we do for the next Newbie Tuesday/Formulating Friday series?

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Hi everyone! Hope you’re all doing well on the first Monday of the spring! As of this post, I have 4,301 posts on the blog, written over the last twelve years!* Yep, this is a massive blog with loads more information than you can imagine. I have formulas on here for everything except cold process … Read more

#alltheingredients: Vitamin C, 3-Glyceryl Ascorbate

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I thought we could take a look at a neat new version of Vitamin C, 3-glyceryl ascorbate (INCI: 3-Glyceryl Ascorbate, Glycerin, Water) I found at Lotioncrafter! Vitamin C, 3-glyceryl ascorbate (INCI: 3-Glyceryl Ascorbate, Glycerin, Water) is a water soluble, stable version of Vitamin C we can use in water-only and emulsified products. It works as an anti-oxidant that...

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Creating facial moisturizers with active ingredients: Ceramide Complex

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This post and formula is kinda an extension of last week’s Formulating Friday in which we made a facial moisturizer with the emulsifier Simulsol/Lotionpro™ 165 as we’re modifying those formulas, but you don’t have to be following the series to make these. If you’d like to learn more about each ingredient and why we’re using them...

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