Creating a vanilla and cornsilk protecting and conditioning facial moisturizer (part one) – Choosing our emulsifier and planning the formula

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Welcome to this six part series in which we make a 10 minute lotion cold process formula for a protecting and conditioning facial moisturizer full of awesome humectants, botanical extracts, hydrosols, actives, humectant, preservatives, and anti-oxidants! We’ll be taking a look at each ingredient in detail, starting today with the emulsifier, then we’ll put it...

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Welcome to April 2022!

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Welcome to April, time to watch the blooming of the amazing cherry and plum blossoms all over my town! So awesome a time of year! Raymond and I bought e-bikes a few days ago, and seem to spend all our time outside these days, marvelling as we see the blossoms overwhelming the trees, watching our … Read more

Q&A: What could cause these clumps in my anhydrous balm?

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In this month’s Q&A, Big G asked, Hi Susan, been subscribing for a while but this is my first time asking a question. I’ve been tweaking an anhydrous balm but my recent batch all had circles/clumps where the beeswax looks like it solidified separately from the rest of the constituents (not sure that’s what happened but...

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Q&A: Experimenting with fatty acids, fatty alcohols, and fatty esters to determine their sensory characteristics?

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In this month’s Q&A, Susan shared, I recently did a side by side comparison of thickeners to try to see and feel the differences between them. I heated 9 grams of fractionated coconut oil (FCO) with 1 gram each of the following: behenyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, cetyl esters, cetearyl alcohol, and stearic acid. I put all...

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Hey $10 subscribers! The March 2022 e-book is here – Beyond emulsifying wax, part three: More natural emulsifiers you will love!

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For March 2022 subscribers only. You can buy the e-book from the store if you weren’t a subscriber for the month of March 2022.  Yay! It’s here! My newest e-book, Beyond emulsifying wax, part three: More natural emulsifiers you will love, in which we take a deep dive to learn about four awesome naturally compliant...

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