Creating an astringent, cooling, de-griming, and hydrating mister with loads of hydrosols (part two)

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Welcome back to the process of creating this awesome astringent, cooling, de-griming, and hydrating mister with loads of hydrosols! In yesterday’s post, we chose our hydrosols (floral waters, distillates) and humectants. Today, let’s review our product to decide which preservatives we could use to keep our products safe and uncontaminated along with a quick look...

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Creating an astringent, cooling, de-griming, and hydrating mister with loads of hydrosols (part one)

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Our family has been testing all kinds of sunscreens for the summer, trying to find the perfect one that won’t make us look deathly white, greasy as heck, weirdly powdery, or pimply after a few days, so we’ve been wearing it even when we’re around the house to see what they’re like on application on...

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#alltheingredients: Isoeicosane – C20 hydrocarbon (light, non-greasy, satiny feeling emollient)

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Let’s finish off what’s accidentally became isomer month by meeting icoeicosane, a non-volatile hydrocarbon related to dodecane, isododecane, Neossance® Hemisqualane, squalane, icohexadecane, and the others. (It was supposed to be shared last month, but I just realized the scheduled post didn’t post! Eek!) But first, if you aren’t familiar with hydrocarbons, check out these posts...

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Welcome to July 2021 (aka The Sunpocalypse): Summer-izing your workshop and products, links to summer products series, and more!

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Welcome to July! We’re halfway through the year! And it’s summer, my very least favourite season of the year with all its hotness and heat and sun and more heat. We’ve been experiencing record breaking, “once in a millennium” heat where I live, breaking records every day, and we’ve seen the hottest day in history on … Read more

#alltheingredients: Isoamyl laurate and isoamyl cocoate – isoamyl esters, aka Naturderm IL, Gosulin IL

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We met isoamyl laurate the other day – also known as dermofeel® sensolv – so let’s meet isoamyl cocoate, then take a look at the ingredient that might be called Naturderm IL or Gosulin IL. Isoamyl laurate only consists of the C12 fatty acid, lauric acid, while isoamyl cocoate has an array of fatty acids...

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