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Collage of e-books with conditioner information and formulas

I’m sorry, but I just couldn’t get an e-book out this month. I have at four e-books on the go along with three series here on the site – one you’ll meet next week – and I ran out of time to complete one of them. They’re huge – really, far too large, but I...

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Chemistry Thursday: Esters we use as emollients (overview), part 31

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Welcome back to this introduction to cosmetic chemistry course! We’ve had great fun for the last few months looking at carboxylic acids as fatty acids, but it’s time to meet some esters! Woo hoo! I’m trying to make this post shorter than the previous ones as I know it can be a lot. An important...

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Let’s make a 10 minute super moisturizing rinse-off conditioner with all kinds of humectants, botanicals, conditioners, proteins, and more: Part six – adding butters!

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Butters measured into a Pyrex jug, sitting on the metal plate of a digital scale. For decorative purposes.

Let’s create an awesome conditioner into which we can add all kinds of wonderful ingredients, including the awesome new-to-us humectant XYLISHINE™ (INCI: Xylitylglucoside (and) Anhydroxylitol (and) Maltitol (and) Xylitol (and) Pelvetia Canaliculata Extract). In part one, we looked at what a conditioner is, why we’d use certain ingredients, chose our conditioning emulsifier, then we created...

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Chemistry Thursday: Introduction to esters, part 30

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Welcome back to this introduction to cosmetic chemistry course! We’ve had great fun for the last few months looking at carboxylic acids as fatty acids, but it’s time to meet some esters! Woo hoo! This is a pretty huge post as I wanted to have something to which I can refer back in the future....

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Equipment review: Apera pH60-Z Smart pH tester with Bluetooth (and an app)!

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Apera pH 60 pH meter with the pH solutions and screen turned on. It's a blue pen type pH meter with an LED screen and white inset where the buttons are

I bought this pH meter – the Apera Instruments PH60-Z Smart pH Tester with Bluetooth – over five years ago now, but somehow forgot to tell you about the most wonderful pH meter I have ever owned! Let’s talk about it now! Why do I like it? 💧 It’s super accurate – it measures pH...

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