Anhydrous

Creating an anhydrous facial serum or two with Sensolene®

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We met this awesome ingredient, Sensolene® (INCI: Ethylhexyl olivate), a Guerbet ester, a light, non-greasy emollient that also has some cleansing properties, a few weeks ago, and I thought I’d share some formulas originally published in my e-zine, Shiny Things, Volume 2, so you can start formulating with it. Facial serum with Sensolene® This is...

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Creating formulas with isopropyl myristate (IPM): Anhydrous whipped body butters with shea

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Over the last few days, we’ve learned that the isopropyl esters are light, fast spreading, non-greasy, and silky, and they can be used with emulsified or anhydrous (without water) products. One of the easiest ways to see how isopropyl myristate (IPM) feels on your skin is to make a simple anhydrous formula and substitute it...

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Q&A: Which is more moisturizing for skin – anhydrous products or lotions? What’s the difference between moisturizing and hydrating?

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A photo from above of three types of whipped butters in jars. The top is a whipped shea butter with green jojoba beads. The second, below, is a whipped refined shea butter. The third, beside the second, is a whipped unrefined shea butter.

In this month’s Q&A post, Gabriella asked, Hi Susan, I was wondering which is more moisturising for dry skin: an anhydrous body butter or a lotion/thick body butter with water content? Also, does the water percentage in a lotion/body butter define how moisturising they are? Is a lotion with higher or lower water % more moisturising?...

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Facial products: Anhydrous facial serum with squalane & carrot tissue oil with l-ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) – formula

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This might be the most popular formula I’ve shared with friends and testers over the last year, my vitamin packed facial serum with squalane & carrot tissue oil. We first made it during the Sunday, July 19th, 2020, Zoom workshop on solubility, and I fear the formula might be lost in the links for that...

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Let’s create Grey’s Heady Harvest anhydrous balm with Oleo-HA (formula)

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I had so much fun working with the oil soluble hyaluronic acid, Oleo-HA, that I had to add it to this formula, which I’m now calling Grey’s Heady Harvest, an anhydrous balm filled with all kinds of oils and vitamins we created from a potential duplication of Beauticontrol Nutri-Rich Oil but have altered so much,...

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