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How do I learn about new ingredients? Join me as we learn more about STEPANQUAT® Helia (part one)

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I thought it’d be fun to share with you my process of learning about new ingredients, finding starting formulas, working with them in my workshop, observing their changes over time, and, finally, sharing them with you. This’ll take a few days to cover, but in the end, you’ll have a great sense of what goes...

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So…what’re you making?

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Formulating fun in the workshop today making crystal clear gels with Sepimax ZEN and Sepinov EMT 10 for all kinds of things, like an hydrating body and face serum and decadent, light, non-sticky eye gel. These are awesome in their own, but even better thickening the water phase of our lotions as rheology modifiers, giving...

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Formulas from Stepan: Links to the Multicultural Collection for textured or curly hair

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I found these formulas from Stepan that are advertised for textured or curly hair that I thought might be interesting as I don’t have much about those hair types on the blog. If you’re interested in trying them, let me know and we can work through one or two and figure out what we can...

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Umm…what does it say on the label?

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For more than 10 years, I’ve been saying that my first attempts with Olivem 1000 (INCI:  Cetearyl Olivate (and) Sorbitan Olivate) were fails, that it’s a super picky emulsifier, that I wasn’t a fan until a few years ago. I found this as I was looking through Photos to illustrate a post I’m writing on … Read more

Simple esters: Compare and contrast!

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Wow, it’s taken a while, but we made it to the end of the simple esters series. So far in this series, we’ve taken a look at these solid, simple esters… Myristyl myristate Cetyl palmitate Cetyl rincinoleate Cetyl esters Stearyl palmitate Cetearyl olivate Lauryl Laurate …and I thought we could compare them so you could...

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