Q&A: Have you combined different surfactant thickeners in one product?

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In this post on bubble bath, Liquid bubble bath: The process and formulas, Allison asked, Susan you mentioned here having many different thickening ingredients, and I’m wondering if you’ve ever combined more than one in a single product? I look at manufacturer’s formulations online, and I’m noticing that some will use something like Glucamate DOE-120...

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$3 and up subscribers: Do you have questions for suppliers while I’m at In Cosmetics Global?

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You might have noticed that in yesterday’s post on working with the thickening clay, I mentioned that I was going to be meeting with a representative who works for the company that makes the ingredient to ask for more information so we can get this to work. That’s right, we’ll be at In Cosmetics Global...

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#alltheingredients: TKB Thickening clay – part 6, Garamite 7308-XR

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Thanks for joining me for yet another part of this series on how to use TKB Trading’s Thickening Clay (INCI: Quaternium-90 Sepiolite (and) Quaternium-90 Montmorillonite) as part of the Tarte Frxxxtion Exfoliating Stick potential duplication. Here are my previous attempts that didn’t work… #alltheingredients: Thickening clay (part one) #alltheingredients: Thickening clay, part two – my first...

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Some chemistry textbooks and other resources if you’re taking my course or want to learn more! 

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I’m so excited to see so many people have signed up for the introduction to chemistry course I shared the other day! I thought I’d shared some resources with you for textbooks and such, but I didn’t, so here they are! Please share any resources you have in the comments! TEXTBOOKS I really like this one,...

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Duplication of Beauticontrol Nutri-Rich Oil revisited, part two

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Yesterday, we reviewed the ingredient list for the duplication of the Beauticontrol Nutri-Rich Oil with apricot kernel oil so we can modify the version we made in October 2017. Today, let’s look at the formula we created originally, and modify it. Kim liked this version, but we ran out of a few ingredients, so we...

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