As I mentioned yesterday, you can use cetyl esters as a substitute for cetyl alcohol in pretty much any creation. You will find you have a slightly silkier, definitely thinner, lotion when you make this substitution. As a note, if you’re using BTMS as your emulsifier, you probably won’t notice a difference in the silkiness...

Cetyl esters are an interesting ingredient indeed! Composed of a number of esters of saturated fatty alcohols and saturated fatty acids, they can contain a number of different esters in one product, including cetyl stearate, cetyl myristate, cetyl palmitate, myristyl myristate, and myristyl stearate. They are derived from vegetables, and you know you have cetyl...