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I’ve come down with a pretty icky stomach thing that’s had me in bed playing Animal Crossing on my new 3DS all weekend, which is why I haven’t had a chance to look at and respond to email and comments this weekend. I’ll do my best over the next few days to catch up with...
On Wednesday, we took a look at modifying the low surfactant foaming facial cleanser with foaming oat protein. On Thursday, we took a look at modifying the facial cleanser with different surfactants. Today, we’ll take a look at some of the hydrosols and extracts I used in this product with a plan for Monday’s post...
As I mentioned yesterday, I modified my low surfactant foaming bottle cleanser with foaming silk to include foaming oat protein instead. But I use a lot of ingredients you might not have in your workshop, so let’s take a look at the ingredients and see what we can substitute for each one! Note: Always remember...
I’ve been enjoying my low surfactant facial cleanser with foaming silk surfactant a lot, but there’s always room for more tweaking! The Formulator Sample Shop sent me a bunch of really interesting new ingredients, so I thought I’d play with a new surfactant called foaming oat (INCI: Sodium Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Oat Protein). Full disclosure: The Formulator...
You do not need to use the HLB system for an all-in-one or self-emulsifying emulsifier like Polawax, e-wax, Incroquat BTMS-25, Incroquat BTMS-50, Ritamulse SCG, Rita BTMS-225, and so on. If the emulsifier is advertised as being a complete emulsifier, you just need to read the suggested usage rate and do it that way. In all...