Creating an amaranth & honey foaming facial cleanser (part one)

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I admit it – I love a good foaming facial cleanser. I find that cleansing my face with a foamy, bubbly, lathery™ cleanser that doesn’t feel like it’s stripping my skin, that rinses off easily so I can avoid that horrible, dry, tight feeling, and leaves my skin feeling super dewy but not greasy or...

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Newbie Tuesday series: Creating naturally compliant emulsions with Olivem 1000 – part one, let’s meet the emulsifier and learn how to use it!

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Welcome to week one of our Newbie Tuesday beginners’ lotion making series/course and Formulating Friday more advanced lotion making series/course! Today, we’ll be meeting our new emulsifier, Olivem 1000! Today, on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, we’ll meet the emulsifier and learn how to use it in our lotions. Next week, on Tuesday, April 20th, 2021, we’ll...

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#alltheingredients: Hydrolyzed hemp protein (INCI: Hydrolyzed Cannabis Sativa Seed Extract) – film former, hydrating ingredient

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As I’ve been reviewing all the various formulas and ingredients I’ve played with over the last four years – wow, since 2017??? – I’ve been finding ones I haven’t shared with you yet. Today, let’s take a look at Hydrolyzed Hemp Protein (INCI: Hydrolyzed Cannabis Sativa Seed Extract), which I found at Lotioncrafter. Hydrolyzed Hemp Protein...

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#alltheingredients: Foaming amaranth protein ECT or PET – foamy, bubbly, lathery™ surfactant, very gentle

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April 2021 has accidentally become Accidental Amaranth Month™! So far we’ve met amaranth seed oil (INCI: Amaranthus caudatus seed oil) and NaturePep® Amaranth (INCI:Water, Amaranthus Caudatus Seed Extract) and now foaming amaranth, a foamy, bubbly, lathery™ surfactant derived from protein to work as a gentle to very mild cleanser for skin and hair. You might...

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Creating an amaranth & carob bouncin’ and behavin’ volumizing conditioner! Part two, using Incroquat BTMS-50 (formula)

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In part one of this series, we formulated an amaranth & carob bouncin’ and behavin’ volumizing conditioner with Jeesperse® ICE-T CIS-2, then we made an awesome liquid conditioner with that formula in part two. In today’s post – part two – let’s look at how we could modify this to make a heated product using...

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