I need your help: I’m not kidding about shiny things that distract me…

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I admit it – I’m easily distracted by new equipment, new ingredients, new formulas, and shiny things, which means I will start a series and never finish it because something else jingled its keys at me, and I went off a’runnin’! I’m spending the next week or two going through the Q&A sections to see...

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Subscribers’ exclusive: Why do commercial products use several different emulsifiers and thickeners?

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In the July Q&A, After doing ingredient studies on some of my favorite high end organic products (Tata Harper, Eminence, Tracie Martin), I’m finding that, more often than not, several different emulsifiers, thickeners and preservatives are used in the same formulation. This mystifies me! Why don’t they pick one? I understand using several different humectants, emollients,...

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Please write to the right person if you want help with things!

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As much as I love hearing from you, writing to the wrong person to get help will only result in frustration and a lack of help. We aren’t trying to make your life more difficult; we’re trying to get you to the right person for the job so you can have more fun formulating. On...

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Shampoo bar questions? Share them here!

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I’m so excited you want to make shampoo bars and that you’re buying the new e-book – Shampoo Bars You Will Love: Creating pH balanced bars – and my first ever single issue formula e-zine – One Shampoo Bar, Four Ways – but I am being bombarded in every possible way by questions on my personal...

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I can’t believe it’s not butter! Hydrogenated, infused, and emulsified butters (updated December 2021)

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As I mentioned in this post on murumuru butter, I’ve gone on a bit of a spending spree over the last 18 months for all kinds of ingredients, including some new and interesting butters. I’ve fallen in love with cupuacu butter, as well as murumuru butter and tucuma butter. I’ve also been having some fun...

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