Experiments in the workshop: Using black cocoa butter in a scrub bar.

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Randi of Creations from Eden sent me this amazing black African Natural cocoa butter. It’s so much easier to chop into little pieces than regular cocoa butter because it’s softer with a lower melting point. My knife just cut into this cocoa butter – normally, I wish for a hammer when I’m breaking up cocoa...

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Experiments in the workshop: A short series of whatever I feel like making that morning.

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Whipped golden shea butter I’ve purchased or been sent a ton of new supplies lately, ingredients with which I’ve never worked, so I thought it would be fun to do a kind of random series of posts on what I’ve been making lately in my workshop with those ingredients while I do more research for...

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Esters: A wrap-up

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So what have we learned about esters so far? We’ve learned about the chemistry – click here for that post! – and we’ve learned they generally spread better and detackify other ingredients in our products, and can help reduce the feeling of greasiness from other oils. We’ve learned that some are oil soluble and some, like...

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Esters: Using polysorbates in your products (formulas – water based fragrance spray, bath oil, bath melt with emulsifier)

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I’ve used polysorbates in my creations for quite some time. I use polysorbate 20 to solubilize fragrance oils in body washes, cooling sprays, and cleaning sprays, whereas I use polysorbate 80 to solubilize carrier oils into those same products. Here are a few examples of how to use each solubilizer. USING POLYSORBATE 20 If you...

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Esters: Polysorbates

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Yep, polysorbates – like polysorbate 20 and 80 – are esters! They’re ethoxylated sorbitan esters, which means they start off as sorbitan and are esterified, then they are reacted with ethylene oxide to create a non-ionic surfactant with a water loving head and lipophilic tail. You might find them as “tween 20” or “tween 80”,...

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