Potential duplication of Lush’s Shower Smoothies (part four)

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So far we’ve reviewed the ingredient list, looked at the suggested usage rates for each ingredient, and created a prototype recipe using the stearic acid/triethanolamine emulsifier . Today, let’s take a look at using Polawax for the emulsifier.We use Polawax (or Natragem EW) at 25% of the oil phase . So if we have 29.1%...

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I know the links to the PDFs aren’t working

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Thanks for letting me know. As I wrote in the previous post, I know they aren’t working and I’m trying to figure it all out because I haven’t done anything to Dropbox to cause this. I know the search has changed as well, something I mentioned in the previous post. I can’t change that, lamentably....

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I’m still alive…

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Hi everyone! I’m still alive, albeit a little beaten up by what I think is another bout of the stomach flu. The last year in our lives has been hell, and I’m finding I get sick really easily and bounce back from even the smallest upset really poorly. I really have no resilience at the...

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Potential duplication of Lush’s Shower Smoothies (part three)

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On Monday, we took a look at the ingredient list for Lush’s Ro’s Argan Body Conditioner. On Tuesday, we took a look at the suggested usage rates for each ingredient with an eye to creating a prototype recipe. Today, we’ll take a look at that recipe!We know this is an oil-in-water lotion that is applied...

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Newbie Tuesday: Using Sepimax ZEN to create an oil free moisturing gel

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As I mentioned in a previous entry in this series, Sepimax ZEN (INCI: Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6) is a pre-neutralized gellant we can use to incorporate things that other gels can’t handle, like electrolytes and surfactants as well as lower pH ranges to incorporate ingredients like AHAs. It can also incorporate oils, so you can make a gelled serum...

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