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Creating a Hydrating Eye Magic Gel-Cream in less than 10 minutes with SIMULGEL EG! Part one, the formula!

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SIMULGEL™️ EG hydrating eye magic gel cream. A white airless pump sits on a digital scale. In front of it is the lotion from the bottle, a white creamy emulsion.

Last June, I joined Jen and Jaimie in the Lotioncrafter lab to create a few new awesome things! My favourite is this Hydrating Eye Magic Gel-Cream we made in less than ten minutes using SIMULGEL™️ EG and some awesome actives to make the skin around your eyes appear brighter, tighter, and less puffy. We based...

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Chemistry: Alcohols – polyalcohols, like glycerin, propylene glycol, propanediol, and more, like isomers! (part 14)

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Welcome to part fourteen of this series on learning chemistry! In part one, we looked at the resources and materials we need to study chemistry. In part two, we learned the parts of an atom – protons, neutrons, and electrons! In part three, we learned about ions and valence shells. In part four, we learned...

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Welcome to May 2025!

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Happy May 2025! Let’s hope all those April showers result in beautiful May flowers! The last few months, Raymond, Sasja, and I have been exploring the forests and nature trails in the Fraser Valley, seeing the amazing nature and being Bear Aware! This photo is from the creek on a trail that our local First … Read more

Chemistry: Alcohols – properties of alcohols and why they are the way they are (part 13) 

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Welcome to part thirteen of this series on learning chemistry! In part one, we looked at the resources and materials we need to study chemistry. In part two, we learned the parts of an atom – protons, neutrons, and electrons! In part three, we learned about ions and valence shells. In part four, we learned...

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Making quick lotions with SIMULGEL EG – a video from Lotioncrafter!

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Yesterday, we met SIMULGEL™ EG (INCI: Sodium Acrylate / Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer & Isohexadecane & Polysorbate 80), a liquid, cold process emulsifier that creates light-feeling, matte, non-tacky, non-sticky, non-greasy emulsions, gels, and gel-creams in minutes that range in viscosity from lighter lotions, eye creams and gels, and facial moisturizers to hand & body lotions to...

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