Having trouble with Montanov™ & Olivem 1000 emulsifiers? The soaping effect – creating facial moisturizers with esters, hydrocarbons, and silicones, part eight

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Welcome to part eight of this series on troubleshooting Montanov™ emulsifiers! In part eight of this series, we’ll look at creating a few facial moisturizer that might have less soaping effect by altering the structuring agent to include esters, which are more slippery, more glidy, have lower surface tension, but still increase the viscosity a...

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Chemistry Thursday: Introduction to solubility, part 45

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Woo hoo! We’re back! Sorry about the delay – I needed to figure out what we would be learning next, then write a goodly part of the series so I knew where we were going. We spent a lot of the first part of the series talking about fatty alcohols, fatty acids, esters, oils, solid...

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Innovation subscribers – check out this coupon from Windy Point Soap Making Supplies!

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Are we lucky or what? Once again this month, Windy Point Soap Making Supplies in Calgary is offering you, my lovely readers, a coupon code to get all kinds of wonderful things for less! Want a few ideas on what you can buy there? If you’re interested in making the 10 minute lotions with cold emulsifiers I...

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Innovation subscribers – check out this month’s Lotioncrafter coupon!

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I know you all know how much I love Lotioncrafter. Jen is a dear friend of mine, and quite the enabler when it comes to new, exciting ingredients! Her enthusiasm knows no bounds, and I’m honoured she shares her love of formulating with me! Have you checked out their site yet? It’s absolutely gorgeous and...

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