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#alltheingredients: XYLISHINE™ (INCI: Xylitylglucoside (and) Anhydroxylitol (and) Maltitol (and) Xylitol (and) Pelvetia Canaliculata Extract) – hair and scalp active

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A bottle of XYLISHINE™ beside a beaker of thicker, clear, yellow liquid, which is XYLISHINE™™. They sit on a wooden shelf with a number of beakers behind them

XYLISHINE™ (INCI: Xylitylglucoside (and) Anhydroxylitol (and) Maltitol (and) Xylitol (and) Pelvetia Canaliculata Extract) is thick, odourless, non-sticky, non-tacky yellow liquid, a natural combination of humectants and brown algae extract that offers all kinds of awesome properties to our hair and scalp care products. It’s like AQUAXYL™ (INCI: Xylitylglucoside (and) Anhydroxylitol (and) Xylitol) with the addition...

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Emulsifiers you will love: Sodium stearoyl glutamate (aka Eumulgin SG), part two – basic lotion formula #1

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Welcome to part two of this short series on using Eumulgin SG (INCI: Sodium stearoyl glutamate), a strongly anionic (negatively charged) emulsifier that offers a light or “nude” skin sensations, creating non-greasy, non-waxy, emulsions. Find part one here – Emulsifiers you will love: Sodium stearoyl glutamate (aka Eumulgin SG), ingredient profile post.  It’s naturally compliant...

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Emulsifiers you will love: Sodium stearoyl glutamate (aka Eumulgin SG) – naturally compliant emulsifier: Introduction to the ingredient (part one)

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As we’re working towards a few different duplicates of the Brazilian Bum Bum Cream, let’s take a look at one of the three emulsifiers*, Eumulgin SG (INCI: Sodium stearoyl glutamate), a strongly anionic (negatively charged) emulsifier that offers a light or “nude” skin sensations, creating non-greasy, non-waxy, emulsions. *The emulsifiers in the Bum Bum cream...

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Emulsifiers you will love: MONTANOV™ L (INCI: C14-22 alcohols (AND) C12-20 alkyl glucsoside) – naturally compliant oil-in-water emulsifier

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We first met this emulsifier in 2022 in my e-book, Beyond Emulsifying Wax, part three: More natural emulsifiers you will love, but it’s time I shared it here on the site! Before we start… If you want to know more about emulsifiers, you can learn even more in the massive emulsifiers, conditioners, and solubilizers section...

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Emulsifiers you will love: What’s the deal with methyl glucose sesquistearate (TEGO® Care PS MB), an emulsifier found in Brazilian Bum Bum cream?(Updated May 12, 2025)

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In the monthly Q&A, Kristina asked, Me again ;), I’ve decided to go back to “basics” for a minute. I have hit a wall and have gone back to product studies to try and ferret out some mysteries (which isn’t a very scientific word I know 😂). Question: Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate – this is an...

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