Weekend Wonderings: How to include an oil soluble ingredient in a surfactant based product, like a shampoo?

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In this post, Creating a daily use shampoo, longqtruong asks, You have dimethicone in your daily shampoo formula which is not water soluble. Do we need a solubilizer or emulsion system to make this work? The short answer is probably not. The longer answer is as follows… You’re right: The forms of dimethicone I’ve been...

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Analyzing Juice Beauty’s Phyto-Pigments Flawless Serum Foundation

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On the wonderful Facebook page run by SciBabe there has been a lively discussion about a bottle of Juice Beauty Phyto-Pigments Flawless Serum Foundation. SciBabe saw the bottle had separated while shopping in a cosmetic store, and a discussion ensued about this brand and its Creative Director of Make-up, Gwyneth Paltrow. As an aside, this...

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Question from Patreon: Why do my Dead Sea salts get wet?

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On my Patreon feed, Joanne asked: Why do my Dead Sea bath salts get wet when I add essential or fragrance oils? But the store Dead Sea salts with essential or fragrance oils stays dry?  Good question, and one that I had to learn the hard way! Dead Sea salts  (DSS) are hygroscopic or behave...

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Member exclusive Q&A: Why do my Dead Sea salts get wet when I add EO/FO?

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In June’s Q&A, Joanne asked: Why do my dead sea bath salt get wet when I add EO/FO?  But the store Dead sea salt with EO/FO  stay dry?  Good question, and one that I had to learn the hard way! Dead Sea salts  (DSS) are hygroscopic or behave as a humectant, drawing water from the...

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Q&A: Why don’t we adapt a formula when we use a powdered versus liquid ingredient?

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Yesterday’s question relates well to the one posted posed on Patreon by Omitade:  I have a very basic question, probably answered somewhere. I recently purchased Panthenol Liquid and what I realized is that I don’t really understand how the recipe changes when you use liquid or dry ingredient of the same thing.  I make a lotion...

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