#alltheingredients: Brassicyl Valinate Esylate and Brassicyl Isoleucinate Esylate (cationic ester, conditioning)

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Brassicyl Valinate Esylate is an “amino acid lipid” derived from the amino acid, valine. It’s cationic or positively charged, so it acts as a conditioning agent that’s substantive to hair and skin, but it isn’t a quaternary compound, like behentrimonium methosulfate, behentrimonium chloride, cetrimonium chloride, or polyquaternium 7 to name a few. This ingredient is...

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#alltheingredients: Poly Suga Mulse D9 (INCI: Sorbitan oleate (and) decylglucoside crosspolymer)

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Poly Suga Mulse D9* (INCI: Sorbitan Oleate Decylglucoside Crosspolymer) is a PEG-free, non-ethoxylated solubilizer that can incorporate small amounts of essential or carrier oils into water based products. It’s derived from corn, sugar, and olive oil, and notes that it’s 80% natural. As a result, it’s ECOcert and NPA certified, and has a great star rating of...

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#alltheingredients: Brassica Glycerides

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In the September Q&A, Patricia asked, Hi Susan. I have been a subscriber for a while now and just got myself upgraded and am so excited to see all the stuffs that i have been missing up till now :-). I have been using Varisoft in my conditioner bars up till now, but bought some...

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#alltheingredients: Brassica alcohol

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In the September Q&A, Patricia asked, Hi Susan. I have been a subscriber for a while now and just got myself upgraded and am so excited to see all the stuffs that i have been missing up till now :-). I have been using Varisoft in my conditioner bars up till now, but bought some...

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Creating a lotion bar from scratch using rice bran wax (part three)

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Welcome back to this series on creating lotion bars with rice bran wax! We started by taking a look at what rice bran wax was all about, then we added rice bran wax to a lotion bar with soy wax, then we created a basic lotion bar from scratch. Yesterday, we had some fun altering the...

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