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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Weekday Wonderings: Am I using liquid or powdered sodium lactate?

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In this post, Iron Chemist: Sodium lactate, Raffella asks: I bought sodium lactate in powder form. When you say to use 2% in your recipes, can I just weigh out the powder or are you talking about liquid sodium lactate? If so, how do I reconstitute the powder?  In my recipes, I’m generally talking about the liquid, which...

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Weekday Wonderings: Reading the INCI names of surfactants?

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In this post, Surfactants: A short guide to lathery, foamy, bubbly things, Renie asks: When I look up “BSB” and find this written on your blog “BSB (PEG-80 Sorbitan Laurate, Sodium Trideceth Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Disodium Lauroamphodiacetate, PEG-150 Distearate, Sodium Laureth-13 Carboxylate, Quaternium-15, found at Voyageur)”…..I take it to mean that all of the names...

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Weekend Wonderings: Adding preservatives to aloe vera? Using vinegar in toners?

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I’m so far behind on comments – I think I might be in mid-April at this point – and I’m trying my best to answer the best I can. I’ll be posting quite a few on the blog over the next little while as I answer them in the order in which they were written,...

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Questions from Patreon: Are any of the greener emulsifiers comedogenic?

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On my Patreon feed, Lindy asked: I am trying to choose from among the green emulsifiers, and I was wondering if you are aware of any that are more or less comedogenic than others? Any time I create for my daughter and best friend, it is the number-one issue. I know there are no guarantees, but...

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