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Q&A quickie: You don’t need to add a solubilizer with surfactants or emulsions

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I’m about to say something pretty controversial, which you already know after reading the title: You don’t need to add solubilizer to your foamy, bubbly, lathery surfactants as they’re by definition surfactants, and they can do the job themselves. The very nature of a surfactant is that it has a hydrophilic or water loving head...

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#alltheingredients: Betaine! Are all these ingredients called “betaine” the same thing?

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In the August Q&A post, Amy asked: Hope this isn’t the wrong place to ask, but is Vegemoist (Glycine Betaine- Sugar Beet Extract) the same as TMG or Betaine Anhydrous (dietary supplement)? If so, can I use the powdered supplements for skincare with similar results? The Q&A is the perfect place to ask questions as...

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Hey $10 subscribers! The August e-zine is here! 10 minute hair care!

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I’ve been having so much fun working with cold emulsifiers over the last few years, and I had to share those formulas and ingredients with you in this month’s e-zine – 10 minute hair care products! The stats: 17,282 words, 54 pages, and 22 formulas  How can we possibly make conditioners in 10 minutes? By using cold...

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Acids, bases, and pH – oh my! Part 10: A short video about altering the pH of our products

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We had great fun in the workshop making a bunch of little videos about pH, pH indicators, adjusting, testing, and everything else to do with this topic. Here’s a little 2 minute video we made showing how phenolphthalein behaves when we add an acid and reduce the pH. We took a look at pH indicators...

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Acids, bases, and pH – oh my! Part 9: Reducing or increasing the pH of our products

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I went into quite a bit of detail in this post – Acids, bases, and pH – oh my! Part four: Testing our products with pH meters – but thought I’d write up a quick reference post on how to adjust the pH of our products. If you want to reduce the pH or make...

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