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Let’s take a look at a facial cleanser intended for acne prone skin, Neutrogena’s Oil-Free Cream Cleanser with Salicylic Acid (2%). Water: Necessary and welcome. Our solvent. Sodium C14-16 olefin sulfonate: We know this is a great surfactant for oily skin. Cocamidopropyl betaine: The amphoteric surfactant that increases mildness and viscosity. Cetearyl alcohol & stearyl...
Yep, us normal to oily types can use a cream cleanser with some modifications. If you have normal skin, I’d leave out the stearic acid and avoid the SCI containing stearic acid as it really is too moisturizing for your skin type. You can choose from a variety of surfactants – SMC or SMO taurate...
I found this little video on Cosmeticsinfo.org and thought I would share it with you! (Click on the “Importance of Preservatives” video on the right hand side.) Even though the mould appears in splotches on day 8, there’s a lot of contamination going on that we can’t see in the days beforehand. Yes, I know...
I like cream cleansers. They feel really nice on our skin going on and we don’t generally get that annoying tightness after rinsing. But they don’t tend to play nicely with oily skin because of all those wonderful re-fatteners and oil based moisturizers. If you have dry skin, you’re in luck, though! If you have...
If you want a creamy exfoliating facial cleanser, but think yesterday’s recipe won’t agree with your skin, let’s see how we can modify this for other skin types! Oily skin: The jojoba esters may work for you if you have resistant skin, so you can keep those in if you like, although olive oil esters...