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Creating foamy, bubbly, lathery™ facial cleansing grains: Choosing humectants and botanical extracts (part three)

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In part one, we took a look at the formula for a foamy, bubbly, lathery™ cleansing grains with botanicals and powdered surfactants and vitamins and so much more. In part two, we looked at the solid surfactants we might choose for this product. In part three, we considered a few humectants and botanical extracts. Today,...

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Newbie Tuesday: Creating emulsions with Simulsol/Lotionpro™ 165 – Body butters! (Week four)

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Welcome back to the Newbie Tuesday introduction to lotion making course/series using Simulsol/Lotionpro™ 165 (INCI: Glyceryl stearate and PEG-100 stearate). Today, we’ll be making a thicker, more moisturizing, more occlusive body butter with this emulsifier along with the ingredients I suggested you buy in the shopping list (click here for more information). Click here for...

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Creating foamy, bubbly, lathery™ facial cleansing grains: Choosing surfactants (part two)

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Yesterday, we took a look at the formula for a foamy, bubbly, lathery™ cleansing grains with botanicals and powdered surfactants and vitamins and so much more. Today, let’s take a look at the ingredients and why I used what I used! Choosing your surfactants! The first thing to consider are the powdered surfactants you’ll use...

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Creating foamy, bubbly, lathery™ facial cleansing grains: The formula (part one)

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I created these formulas back in 2018 and shared them in my e-book, It’s not easy being green (part one), back in 2019, then taught it in my classes at Windy Point Soap Making Supplies later that year. I love these powdered skin cleansers, and was a bit shocked when I realized I hadn’t shared...

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Tips & techniques: Quick look at active surfactant matter (ASM)!

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What’s active surfactant matter (ASM)? This is the percentage of the surfactant as presented, the actual foamy, bubbly, lathery™ surfactant in a liquid or solid ingredient. Liquid products can range from 10% active to 60% active, but most fall in the 25% to 40% range. The rest of the ingredients will consist of water and...

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