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Experiments in the workshop: Making foaming shower oils with Lumorol K 5229 (INCI: MIPA-Laureth Sulfate, Laureth-4, Propylene Glycol)

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Welcome back to this short series on using this new-to-me ingredient, LUMOROL K 5229 (INCI: MIPA-Laureth Sulfate, Laureth-4, Propylene Glycol), an anionic blend of surfactants that create waterless foamy, bubbly, lathery™ cleansers, like shower oils, oil-based cleansers, foaming bath products, foaming bath cubes, and more combinations with oils of all sorts along with fragrance/essential oils...

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#alltheingredients: LUMOROL K 5229 – let’s look at the ingredients!

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Yesterday, we met a new ingredient, LUMOROL K 5229 (INCI: MIPA-Laureth Sulfate, Laureth-4, Propylene Glycol) and learned what it does. Today, let’s talk about why it can create foamy, bubbly, lathery™ products with such a huge oil percentage! LUMOROL K 5229 contains between 25% and 50% MIPA-laureth sulfate, 25% to 50% laureth-4, up to 3%...

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#alltheingredients: Lumorol K 5229 (INCI: MIPA-Laureth Sulfate, Laureth-4, Propylene Glycol)

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Have you always wanted to making a foamy, bubbly, lathery™ shower oil that offers all kinds of moisturization with all kinds of suds and cleaning power? Lumorol K 5229 (INCI: MIPA-Laureth Sulfate, Laureth-4, Propylene Glycol) is the ingredient you want! This isn’t hype – although, GET HYPE! for this ingredient – but the real deal!...

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Shampoo bars: My foolproof way to melt SCI!

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I shared this on my SwiftCraftyMonkey Facebook page and in our Syndet Shampoo Bar Facebook group, and thought you might be interested too… Before we start… Learn more about the main ingredient I use in shampoo bars, sodium cocoyl isethionate (SCI). Sodium cocoyl isethionate (SCI) – Fatty acid isethionates – also see A few notes on SCI and click...

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Making shampoo bars: A (kinda) visual tutorial full of hints, tips, and techniques! (Updated 2023)

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I’ve been sharing little stories about how I make shampoo bars over on my social media accounts – SwiftCraftyMonkey on Facebook, and SwiftCraftyMonkey on Instagram – that I’ll share here with you! I’ll update these as I post over there, so this’ll be an ongoing project for at least a few days. Post #1: Melting...

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