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Hi $10 subscribers! Thank you for joining us in the month of August. I’m so sorry, but I couldn’t get an e-book together this month as I’m having some serious trouble with my hands and arms again. I switched doctors and she tried something new. Sadly, it didn’t work, so it’s been hard to do...
In the monthly Q&A, Tina asked, This may sound really dumb, but here goes. If I have 100x Aloe Vera powder and used 2 grams and added to 98 grams distilled water would this give me 100 grams of 200x Aloe Vera juice? I hope this makes sense. Hi Tina! There are no dumb thoughts...
In this post, Adapting formulas to use ECOcert ingredients: Montanov™ 68, Christi asked, Seppic the manufacturer says Montanov 68 is an oil in water not a water in oil emulsifier. Would this not interfere with it emulsifying to add it this way? Let’s take a look at this concept! I think Christi is referring to...
Octyldodecanol is a liquid, clear, colourless, odourless oil soluble fatty alcohol that works as an emollient and occlusive in our anhydrous products and emulsions. Whaaaat? Did you say a liquid fatty alcohol? Like one of our solid fatty alcohols, like cetyl alcohol, Cetearyl Alcohol, or behenyl alcohol? How can such a thing be? Is this...
I’m absolutely in love with this new cold process emulsifier, SEPILIFE™ NUDE aka GelMaker® NAT (INCI: Sodium acrylate/sodium acryloyldimethyl taurate copolymer, C15-19 alkane, polyglyceryl-6 laurate, polyglycerin-6). It’s a liquid, anionic, cold process/room temperature emulsifier, rheology modifier, thickener, suspender, and texture modifier that can be used to emulsify oils on its own or used in combination...