Formulating Friday: Creating creams with Incroquat BTMS-50 (part two, altering the increased oil phase)

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In yesterday’s post, we looked at how to increase the oil phase and modify the amount of emulsifier in our Incroquat BTMS-50 cream. Today, let’s look at modifying the formula to include ingredients to increase hydration, slip and glide, and reduce soaping. Please see yesterday’s post for all the links to previous formulas and the...

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Formulating Friday: Creating creams with Incroquat BTMS-50 (part one, increasing the oil phase)

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Welcome to this week’s Formulating Friday advanced lotion making series/course in which we’ll be modifying last week’s body butter to be a cream. In last week’s body butter post, I showed you how to modify the hand & body lotion to become a body butter by substituting butters for oils. In this week’s Newbie Tuesday...

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What’s this in my stocking? A “How to make syndet shampoo bars” visual tutorial!

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The advent calendar fairy paid a visit to the blog early this morning, and left this special treat for you, my lovely readers! The always wonderful Jo-Anne, creator of the Syndet Shampoo Bars Facebook group, where I’m a mod, has created a visual tutorial on how to make shampoo bars that she’s letting me share...

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Newbie Tuesday: Creating creams with Incroquat BTMS-50

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Welcome back to our Newbie Tuesday beginners’ lotion making series, working with Incroquat BTMS-50. Last week, we made a body butter: This week, we’re modifying that cream to be a body butter! We’ll modify it further in this week’s Formulating Friday post by altering the size of the oil phase and recalculating the formula. Previous posts...

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Welcome to December!

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Welcome to December: My favourite month of the year! Little Sasja’s adoption day, our 27th (dating) anniversary, my birthday, Christmas, my adoption day, and New Year’s Eve – all of these fall between December 16th and 31st, giving me more than two weeks of celebratory fun as the year draws to a close. It’s a … Read more