Chemistry Thursday: Carboxylic acids – polyunsaturated long chain fatty acid, linoleic acid (C18:2), cloud or titer points, creating charts, and sensory characteristics of fatty acids, part 26

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Chemistry: Carboxylic acids – polyunsaturated long chain fatty acid, linoleic acid (C18:2), cloud or titer points, creating charts, and sensory characteristics of fatty acids, part 26 Welcome back to this introduction to cosmetic chemistry series! I hope you’re enjoying it so far. I know I am! Let’s talk more about carboxylic acids, specifically the fatty...

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Polyphenols: Hydroxybenzoic acids – benzoic acid, hydroxybenzoic acid, gallic acid (Updated 2025)

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Hydroxybenzoic acids are polyphenols we find in our oils. They have the benzene ring with an acid – COOH – on the end, making them carboxylic acids. They offer all kinds of properties to our formulas – as you’ll see in a minute – and most work as anti-oxidants to slow down rancidity of oils....

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#alltheingredients: XYLISHINE™ (INCI: Xylitylglucoside (and) Anhydroxylitol (and) Maltitol (and) Xylitol (and) Pelvetia Canaliculata Extract) – hair and scalp active

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XYLISHINE™ (INCI: Xylitylglucoside (and) Anhydroxylitol (and) Maltitol (and) Xylitol (and) Pelvetia Canaliculata Extract) is thick, odourless, non-sticky, non-tacky yellow liquid, a natural combination of humectants and brown algae extract that offers all kinds of awesome properties to our hair and scalp care products. It’s like AQUAXYL™ (INCI: Xylitylglucoside (and) Anhydroxylitol (and) Xylitol) with the addition...

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Tips & Techniques: Creating your own ingredient comparison charts for things like oils, butters, solid oils, esters, surfactants, preservatives, and so much more

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Preservative comparison chart for Eumulgin SG. I can't describe it all here as it's huge, but if you email me at swiftcraftymonkey@swiftcraftymonkey.blog, I will send you a text version.

I love a good chart! I started compiling them in 2006 when I started out as a baby formulator so I could make good decisions about which oils to use because I just couldn’t justify owning 70 different oils. As you work your way through the site, create a chart for things that interest you....

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Chemistry Thursday: Carboxylic acids – monounsaturated long chain fatty acids, oleic acid (C18:1), and saponification, part 25

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Welcome back to this introduction to chemistry series! I hope you’re enjoying it so far. I know I am! Let’s talk more about carboxylic acids, specifically the fatty acids we encounter over and over again in our liquid oils, solid oils, butters, and waxes. This week, we’re getting into unsaturated C18:1 fatty acids, like oleic,...

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