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One ingredient, ten products: Incroquat BTMS-50 in solid scrub bars

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Solid scrub bars are a great place to use Incroquat BTMS-50 as it will impart some great conditioning and moisturizing without a lot of greasiness, and it stiffens the bar so it’ll keep its shape. Adding Incroquat BTMS-50 to a bar means it’s now an emulsified scrub bar. Why make an emulsified bar instead of...

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One ingredient, ten products: Whipped butters without butter

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A few years ago, I set out to see if I could create a whipped butter without using a butter in the hopes of being able to turn some of my favourite oils into whipped butters! Take a minute to check out my posts on the topic if you’re interested… Experiments in the workshop: Whipped...

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Question: Can I add glycerin to a lotion bar?

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In this post on lotion bars, anonymous asks: How can you get glycerin to mix in a lotion bar? Do I heat to a certain temperature? Mix the wax and glycerin first before I put in my heated oils? Help I love glycerin in all my products. If you are wondering if you can mix...

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Weekend Wonderings: Is there a general rule about increasing/decreasing beeswax in lotion bars?

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In this post on lotion bars, Tina asks: I’m trying to figure out if there’s a general rule for tweaking the basic recipe (33/33/33/1 -beeswax/butter/oil/fragrance). You said that, for example, with cocoa butter, you’d use less beeswax. So if I use beeswax at 25%, what’s the rule for altering the butter and oil? Does that now...

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What interests you? Can we make an anhydrous body butter that doesn’t block pores?

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In the What interests you? post, Lucy asks: Is it possible to make an anhydrous body butter type product but that does not block pores? Would sucragel work?  Here’s the question – what does it mean to block pores? I think a general idea is that something is in the pore of your skin keeping it...

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