Emulsifiers you will love: Sodium stearoyl glutamate (aka Eumulgin SG), part four – using naturally compliant preservatives, plus information on measuring and adjusting pH with a short video! 

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A beaker containing white powder - the emulsifier Eumulgin SG - sits oh the edge of a digital scale

Welcome to part four of this short series on using Eumulgin SG (INCI: Sodium stearoyl glutamate). In today’s post, we’ll be looking at some naturally compliant and non-conventional preservatives to see if they’ll work in the formula. In part one, we met this emulsifier: Emulsifiers you will love: Sodium stearoyl glutamate (aka Eumulgin SG), ingredient...

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Discussion: Dessert- and sweet-themed fragrances are in this year! What are your favourite fragrances for this summer? And find links to some of my favourite formulas!

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Finally, it’s my time to shine! I love food-related fragrance oils, and they’re all the rage this year! Read about this a bit in Forbes. (Warning: It is full of pop ups and ads and distracting things.) The yucca & cornsilk conditioning shampoo for normal to oily hair you see below smelled of Tropical Meringue...

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Chemistry: Carboxylic acids – long chain fatty acids (stearic acid, C18:0) and a bit on triglycerides, part 24

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Stearic acid in a tin plate, which is a white flaky solid.

Welcome back to this introduction to chemistry series! I hope you’re enjoying it so far. I know I am! Let’s talk more about carboxylic acids, specifically the fatty acids we encounter over and over again in our liquid oils, solid oils, butters, and waxes. In part 21 of this series – carboxylic acids – we...

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Emulsifiers you will love: Sodium stearoyl glutamate (aka Eumulgin SG), part three – changing preservatives, adding product protecting ingredients, and a new, modified formula 

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A beaker with a white powder - an emulsifier called Eumulgin - sits on the edge of a digital scale.

Welcome to part three of this short series on using Eumulgin SG (INCI: Sodium stearoyl glutamate), a strongly anionic (negatively charged) emulsifier that offers a light or “nude” skin sensations, creating non-greasy, non-waxy, emulsions. Find part one here – Emulsifiers you will love: Sodium stearoyl glutamate (aka Eumulgin SG), ingredient profile post.  Find part two...

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Emulsifiers you will love: Sodium stearoyl glutamate (aka Eumulgin SG), part two – basic lotion formula #1

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Welcome to part two of this short series on using Eumulgin SG (INCI: Sodium stearoyl glutamate), a strongly anionic (negatively charged) emulsifier that offers a light or “nude” skin sensations, creating non-greasy, non-waxy, emulsions. Find part one here – Emulsifiers you will love: Sodium stearoyl glutamate (aka Eumulgin SG), ingredient profile post.  It’s naturally compliant...

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