Hey $10 subscribers – Here’s your November 2024 e-book!

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Cover of the e-book, Oh, the weather outside is frightful, part two: Body butters. It shows a slightly orange lotion in a black jar on a black background

The e-book is Oh the weather outside is frightful, part two – body butters! 41 formulas for making amazing body butters – as well as botanical hydrating sprays to add extra hydration to your skin – with formulas for body butters using Simulsol/Lotionpro™ 165, RITAMULSE SCG, and ViscOptima SE to try different viscosities, skin feel,...

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Two beauty trends I can endorse – therapeutic laziness and day-jamas!

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I don’t normally follow trends as I need time to observe formulas and try ingredients before I share them – and that can take ages – but Happi Magazine has noted two trends I can definitely endorse – therapeutic laziness and day-jamas! Day-jamas? These are nothing new – pyjamas worn as day wear? I’ve been...

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#alltheingredients: Cationic HA – positively charged hyaluronic acid blend

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Let’s take a look at this interesting cationic blend of hyaluronic acid combined with a polyquaternium (conditioner) and glycerin (humectant) that we can use in hair and skin products to condition and offers all kinds of interesting properties. We met this ingredient and formulated with it in October’’s e- book, Creating light lotions, part two:...

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Q&A: Are ingredients with the same INCI name the same? SOFTISAN 378 vs Triglyceride Blend  

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In the monthly Q&A, Kristina asked, Happy November Susan 🍁. In reading one of your blog posts, you mention softisan 378 to help reduce the potential for graininess when butters are used, shea butter in particular (yes please! even cooling quickly isn’t always a slam dunk). As you said, Formulator Sample Shop Carries it, but...

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Q&A: Is cetrimonium chloride necessary for a conditioner? How can I make one that’s more natural? Part nine – the formula with sucrose stearate

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Welcome to part nine of this series based on this awesome question posed in this post, leave in conditioner – where you can find my base formula and a modification for this product – Olga asks, I am in the process of creating a leave in conditioner, I am using sucrose Stearate. I’ve learned that...

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