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Chemistry Thursday: More about the impact of the melting point of triglycerides the melting point of cocoa and shea butters that we can use to make awesome products, part 44

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Let’s continue our investigation into triglycerides in part 44 by looking at the melting points of various forms of triglycerides in butters, before getting to our fun experiment about the heating and cooling of said butters to see how the way we formulate with them affects their physical properties and sensory characteristics that I’ll be...

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Chemistry Thursday: Reviewing what we’ve learned about triglycerides so far and how that affects the melting temperature and potential for grains in oils, solid oils, and butters, part 42

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Welcome back to this introduction to cosmetic chemistry course! We took a break for the month of December because I know how busy everyone gets, so let’s pick it back up for 2026! Let’s start with a review of what we’ve learned so far and why it’s important when formulating products! An important note about...

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Let’s make a six ingredient lotion – an easily customizable kukui nut & babassu oil lotion with additional ingredients using Polawax or Natragem EW (part two) 

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A plastic beaker contains a white creamy lotion, it's a summer lotion with babassu oil, and it feels very nice. Not greasy at all.

Welcome to the six ingredient lotion challenge! The rules are simple – make a lotion using only six ingredients! I’m going to expand this into a series in January or February, but I thought I’d share this with you so you can get a sense of what it might be about along with a formula...

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Let’s make a six ingredient lotion – an easily customizable kukui nut & babassu oil lotion with Polawax or Natragem EW (part one) 

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A Pyrex container with white creamy lotion in it

I’d like to turn this into a weekly series in January or February, so let’s take a look at the idea of making a simple six ingredient lotion using Polawax or Natagem EW today. I’d love to hear from you what you’d like to make, so please share your thoughts in the comments or message...

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Tips & techniques: How to substitute one oil or butter with another (including example formulas)!

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In any of the formulas I share with you here on the site, in my classes, or in my e-books, you can substitute any oil for any oil, any butter for any butter, any oil for any butter, or any butter for any oil and you will create something successful.* Your lotion will still be...

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