Surfactant chemistry: Micelles

What are micelles? They are defined as “an aggregate of surfactant molecules dispersed in a liquid colloid”. So what’s a colloid? It is a type of mixture in which one substance is evenly dispersed throughout another. There’s generally two phases – the dispersed or internal phase and the continuous phase. In the case of oil-in-water...

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Surfactant chemistry: What are surfactants?

I wanted to write a few posts about creating cleansers for the different skin types, then I realized that I hadn’t done posts on surfactants for a while. I’ve got some basic stuff from last year, but I thought a more in depth series of posts on the various surfactants we use in our creations...

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Update on yesterday’s trying new things out lotion!

Part of the problem in trying all new ingredients in a lotion is that it’s hard to figure out exactly what you like and what you don’t like. (I’m referring to the lotion I made on Thursday.) What I should have done is create a usual recipe then switch out one ingredient – say the...

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Formulating for your skin type: Sugar scrub for other skin types

So how do we alter this recipe for the other skin types? Here’s our recipe from yesterday for dry skin…EMULSIFIED SUGAR SCRUB FOR DRY SKIN10% emulsifying wax or Polawax10% cetyl alcohol10% cocoa, sal, illipe or kokum butter10% shea butter30% soy bean oil26% olive oil1% Vitamin E2% fragrance or essential oil1% phenonip preservativeOily skin: This may...

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Whipped babassu, sal, and hemp seed oil butter!

I’m declaring April the month to try something different (at least for me, but you’re welcome to play along). I made a lotion yesterday with all kinds of ingredients I’ve never used before, and today I thought I’d make a new whipped butter. (If you want to know more about babassu oil, click here!) WHIPPED...

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