SwiftCraftyMonkey

SwiftCraftyMonkey

Everything you wanted to know about mixers, but were afraid or forgot to ask! (Updated January 20, 2021)

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Wow, that was a fun Zoom workshop on Sunday, January 17, 2021 on mixers! Thanks to those of you who attended! I had a blast! I thought I’d go through some of the questions you posed yesterday with some more information and links. I have to say how much I love the chat, I see...

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Newbie Tuesday: Creating emulsions with Simulsol/Lotionpro™ 165 – Hand & body lotions (week two)

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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 hand & body lotion type emulsion using this emulsifier along with the ingredients I suggested you buy in the shopping list (click here for more information). Click here for part...

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Join me for a Zoom workshop on mixers on Sunday, January 17, 2021 at 11 am PST!

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Woo hoo! It’s the first Zoom workshop of the new year, and our topic is working with different kinds of mixers, specifically shear mixes, like immersion blenders and homogenizers! We’ll be playing with a few different machines, and we’ll be making a few different formulas. Topic: Mixers: The workshop! Time: Jan 17, 2021 11:00 AM...

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Formulating Friday: Creating lotions with Simulsol/Lotionpro™ 165 – part three, working with rheology modifiers and other advanced ingredients (week one)

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Welcome to part one of our introduction to the Simulsol/Lotionpro™ lotion making series/course for the more advanced Formulating Friday series/course. In part one on Tuesday, we met the emulsifier and looked at how to formulate with it, and in part two on Wednesday, we looked at thickeners and preservatives. Today, we’re looking at the advanced...

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