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Formulating Friday cold process emulsifier series: SEPILIFE™ NUDE and SIMULGEL™️ EG – increasing the viscosity by increasing the emulsifier and making different emollient choices (part 6 with formulas)

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Two lotions on white plastic plates on the metal plate of a digital scale, both using SEPILIFE™ NUDE emulsifier. One is the sugared lemon body yogurt, the other a honeyed body custard. Both are white and thickened.

Welcome to part six of this series/course – Formulating Friday cold process emulsifier series – in which we’ll look at how to increase the viscosity of the formula by increasing the emulsifier and making different emollient choices (part 6 with formulas) Are you playing along? Have you made anything yet? What did you think? What...

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Chemistry Thursday, part 39 – triglycerides and their impact on physical and sensory characteristics of emollients, part 39

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A cup of lightly green coloured grassed oil in a shot glass on top of a clear plastic riser.

Welcome back to this introduction to cosmetic chemistry course! Let’s continue our investigation into triglycerides with part 39 of this series. In today’s post, we’re looking at the impact of triglycerides on the physical and sensory characteristics. We’re also looking at iodine values and how we can use those, then we’re taking a side journey...

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Formulating Friday cold process emulsifier series: SEPILIFE™ NUDE and SIMULGEL™️ EG – adding some actives and increasing the emulsifiers (part 5 with formulas)

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Welcome to part five of this series/course – Formulating Friday cold process emulsifier series – in which we’ll be creating a 2% emulsions with the humectants from last week with a few active ingredients, like panthenol, niacinamide, and allantoin. We’ll be adapting the formula to include a heated water phase as well. First, we’ll look...

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Chemistry Thursday: More about triglycerides, including looking at some triglyceride profiles, part 38 of the series

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Welcome back to this introduction to cosmetic chemistry course! Let’s continue our investigation into triglycerides with part 38 of this series. This week, we’ll look at why knowing the triglyceride profile of an oil or butter is so important, then we’ll look at the triglyceride profiles of apricot kernel oil, rice bran oil, cocoa butter,...

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Formulating Friday cold process emulsifier series: SEPILIFE™ NUDE and SIMULGEL™️ EG – all about humectants, part 4! 

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Welcome to part four of this series/course – Formulating Friday cold process emulsifier series – in which we’ll be modifying the water phase of the 1% formula using SEPILIFE™ NUDE or SIMULGEL™️ EG we met in part three. But first, let’s learn some skin chemistry! Are you playing along? Have you made anything yet? What...

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