Esters: Using PPG-3 benzyl ether myristate in a body wash

You can use PPG-3 benzyl ether myristate anywhere you’d use an oil, so you can include them in anhydrous products like body oils, whipped butters, and lotion bars, as well as emulsified products like lotions and creams. You’ll get the great detackifying properties, additional slip and glide, and a light, non-greasy emollient by including it...

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Esters: Crodamol STS (or PPG-3 benzyl ether myristate)

Crodamol STS (aka PPG-3 benzyl ether myristate, but I’m typing Crodamol STS instead!) is a PPG-ester that behaves a lot like our alkyl esters! It’s a great detackifier, good spreader, and dry feeling emollient. It offers good film forming abilities on our hair and skin, which is why it’s considered a silicone substitute for dimethicone....

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Surfactants and those poufy things.

My friend Melissa once asked me why shampoos didn’t seem as harsh or bubbly as they were when we were kids. It has to do with the surfactants we use and the ingredients we use to increase mildness. In the olden days, most – if not all – products used SLS, which is considered a...

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We’re home!

What an amazing trip! Thanks for all the suggestions! Powell’s is always a stop on any trip to Oregon – I spent $132 on books, and that’s only because I stopped myself! – and it is what I think heaven will be like, only you don’t have to pay for the books and dogs are...

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Esters: PPG or polypropylene glycol esters

PPG esters are known as polypropylene glycol esters, and they are (according to this link) “a mixture of propylene glycol mono- and diesters of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids derived from edible oils and fats. The products are produced either by direct esterification of propylene glycol with fatty acids or by transesterification of propylene glycol...

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