Creating oily gels, balms, and scrubs: Comparing Sucragel and Sapogel Q

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As this has come up a lot over the last few weeks on social media as I’ve shared my two e-books, Creating oily gels with Sucragel and Creating oily gels, balms & scrubs with Sapogel Q, I thought I’d write a post comparing these two oil gelling ingredients, Sucragel and Sapogel Q What’s the difference between...

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#alltheingredients: Yogurt hydrolysate SF (INCI: Hydrolyzed yogurt protein)

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Yogurt hydrolysate SF (INCI: Hydrolyzed yogurt protein) is a slightly thickened, yellow liquid derived from yogurt proteins, used for hair and skin as a film forming, hydrating, conditioning ingredient that contains probiotics. It can be used in cleansing products to counteract the drying or irritating properties of the foamy, bubbly, lathery™ surfactants, As the molecules...

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Creating creamy facial cleansing milks with Sensolene® or isopropyl isostearate (IPIS), part five – creating a cold process emulsion with Jeesperse® ICE-T CIS-2 (part two of two, the formula) 

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Welcome back to this series on creating creamy facial cleansing milks with Sensolene® or isopropyl isostearate (IPIS). In part one, we created a warm process formula with emulsifiers like Polawax, Montanov 68 MB, Simulgreen 18-2, and Simulsol/Lotionpro™ 165; in parts two and three, we created a cold process formula with Jeesperse® ICE-T-LB-T-NS or Jeesperse® silicone. In...

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Creating creamy facial cleansing milks with Sensolene® or isopropyl isostearate (IPIS), part four – creating a cold process emulsion with Jeesperse® ICE-T CIS-2 (part one of two)

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Welcome back to this series on creating creamy facial cleansing milks with Sensolene® or isopropyl isostearate (IPIS). In part one, we created a warm process formula with emulsifiers like Polawax, Montanov 68 MB, Simulgreen 18-2, and Simulsol/Lotionpro™ 165; in parts two and three, we created a cold process formula with Jeesperse® ICE-T-LB-T-NS or Jeesperse® silicone. In...

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Welcome to November 2021!

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Welcome to November, the first day of the Christmas season if the shops around me are any judge! Holy moly, I love Christmas and everything that it represents, but we almost missed celebrating Hallowe’en for all the fruit cakes and German cookies and candy canes lining the aisles. The leaves are turning all manner of … Read more