Formulating Friday: Creating a facial moisturizer using Polawax, e-wax NF, Natragem EW, or Phytomulse (part five)

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Welcome to the final formula for this series using Polawax, Natragem EW, e-wax NF, or Phytomulse (almond, amaranth, chlorella, or coconut) to create a gorgeous facial moisturizer suitable for all kinds of wonderful actives, vitamins, and other ingredients you can use to customize the product to your skin type. We’ll be using the formula from this...

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Combining emollients: Part three, liquid and solid emollients, and the impact of saturation – One, what can we learn from iodine values?

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Welcome back to part three of this series on combining emollients! You can find all the parts of this series and the formulas we’re making in the new home page I created for it! (I’m updating it as each post is shared!) In part one, we took a look at the concept of combining emollients to...

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Newbie Tuesday: Creating a facial moisturizer using Polawax, e-wax NF, Natragem EW, or Phytomulse (part four)

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Welcome to part one, part four of the Newbie Tuesday beginners’ lotion series/course in which we’ll be making lotions using four different emulsifiers over the next four months. Part one is all about these emulsifiers – Polawax, Natragem EW, e-wax NF, or Phytomulse (almond, amaranth, chlorella, or coconut) – and today we’ll be using them to make...

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When making lotions, should we pour the water into oil or oil into water?

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This is a question that’s been asked for longer than I’ve been formulating: When we combine the heated phases when making lotions, do we pour the water into the oil or the oil into the water? How fast should we add one phase to the other? And why does any of this matter? The short...

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Formulating Friday! Let’s modify a body butter using Polawax, Natragem EW, e-wax NF, or Phytomulse! (Part 4)

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Welcome to part four of the Formulating Friday series in which we’ll be modifying the lotions we made in the Newbie Tuesday beginners’ part of this lotion series/course. Our emulsifier for the month of September and slightly into October are these ones –  Polawax, Natragem EW, e-wax NF, or Phytomulse (almond, amaranth, chlorella, or coconut) –...

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