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Formulating for dry skin: Adapting the basic lotion recipe (version 2)

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Yesterday we took a look at at adapting the basic lotion recipe for dry skin by including lots of humectants, oils suitable for dry skin, and occlusive ingredients. But that was only one way of creating this lotion – there are quite literally hundreds of variations you could make just switching out one ingredient for...

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Question: Can we use lanolin as a substitute? And how do we know how much to use?

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In this post, Anonymous asked: Hi Susan. I am wondering if just a bit of lanolin oil would be okay to add to the drier feeling after shave lotion for its healing properties…what is the minimum percentage to add to be effective? Which leads me to an overall question – is there a rule of thumb for knowing the...

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Formulating for dry skin: Creating a basic lotion

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Now that we’ve seen what ingredients we could use to create a lotion for dry skin, let’s take a look at creating a basic lotion with those ingredients. I’ll use my basic lotion recipe as the base for this product, but I’m adapting it to include humectants every single time for dry skin. (I generally...

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A few things for a lazy Easter Sunday afternoon…

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Happy Easter Sunday! I thought I’d spend the day working on various things on the blog, so I thought I’d point out a few new things I’ve done…Take a look to your right (or the picture on your left). You might notice there are three new sections – humectants, products for men, and surfactant based products...

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Formulating for dry skin: What ingredients could we use in our products? (Part 2)

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Yesterday we took a look at which occlusives, humectants, and emollients might work for dry skin (click here). Today we’ll take a look some extracts, cosmeceuticals, and other ingredients we could include in dry skin products. (Please note that these aren’t complete lists – just suggestions! And I really suggest that you click on the...

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