Having trouble with Montanov™ & Olivem 1000 emulsifiers? The soaping effect – creating facial moisturizers with esters, hydrocarbons, and silicones, part eight

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Welcome to part eight of this series on troubleshooting Montanov™ emulsifiers! In part eight of this series, we’ll look at creating a few facial moisturizer that might have less soaping effect by altering the structuring agent to include esters, which are more slippery, more glidy, have lower surface tension, but still increase the viscosity a...

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Chemistry Thursday: Introduction to solubility, part 45

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Woo hoo! We’re back! Sorry about the delay – I needed to figure out what we would be learning next, then write a goodly part of the series so I knew where we were going. We spent a lot of the first part of the series talking about fatty alcohols, fatty acids, esters, oils, solid...

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Hey Innovation subscribers! The new e-book is here – The big book of hydrolyzed & amino acids: Facial actives! 

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Hey Innovation subscribers! The new e-book is here – The big book of hydrolyzed & amino acids: Facial actives! Woo hoo! Meet nine awesome facial actives that include hydrolyzed proteins and amino acids, like Lipomoist 2036, Sepilift HPDP, Argireline YOUth, and more, in this 127 page e-book that includes 24 formulas in which you can...

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Having trouble with Montanov™ & Olivem 1000 emulsifiers? The soaping effect – the impact of shear, viscosity, and melting point with naturally compliant formula (part seven).

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Welcome to part seven of this series on troubleshooting Montanov™ emulsifiers! In today’s post, we’ll look at the impact of shear, viscosity, and surface tension on the soaping effect in emulsions made with these emulsifiers. This post also applies to Olivem 1000 as they use similar emulsifiers as the Montanov™ series. As you’ve seen over...

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Having trouble with Montanov™ or Olivem 1000 emulsifiers? Why more water soluble emulsifiers like these cause more soaping (part six)

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Welcome to part six of this series on troubleshooting Montanov™ emulsifiers! In today’s post, we’ll take a look at why these emulsifiers soap the way they do – it’s thanks to their increased water solubility! As you’ve seen over the last five posts, the Montanov™ series of emulsifiers – 202, 68 MB, and L –...

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