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As I mentioned in this post on Ritamulse SCG, I’ve written my 2000th post! To celebrate, I thought I’d put together a PDF of my favourite recipes for free download. But then I started thinking…wouldn’t it be cooler to put together a PDF of your favourite recipes from the blog? You already know which ones...
Let’s start this series on surfactants! You’ll want to bookmark the surfactants section of the blog and download the comparison charts. I encourage you to follow the links on this page as I’ve written quite a lot on surfactants and these are summaries of those posts. What are surfactants? First, a definition (from Wikipedia): Surfactants are wetting...
You commented, and I heard. Let’s take a look at surfactants so we can learn how to modify shampoo, facial cleansers, body washes, and pretty much anything else that might be foamy or lathery. I think what we’ll do is spend some time with the surfactants so you can eventually choose the ones you like,...
I admit that I get distracted by passing bumblebees sometimes, and there are series or posts on the blog that I promised but never finished. Part of that is that I didn’t get around to making the recipes or giving made recipes to testers, or I made them and didn’t like them, or I made...
I think it’s important that we know how our ingredients work, so I thought I’d take a look at how to interpret a data bulletin. What is a data bulletin? It’s a document produced by the supplier of an ingredient that gives you all kinds of information, such as the INCI name as well as...