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Welcome back to this introduction to cosmetic chemistry course! Let’s take a look at the rest of the esters we haven’t covered so far – some are emollients, some are emulsifiers, all are awesome! An important note about this series – it’s here for life. It isn’t going anywhere. If you want to take a...
Woo hoo! Welcome to part two of this new Formulating Friday series/course! I’m so unbelievably excited to share these awesome ingredients with you. I know you’re going to have great fun! These emulsifiers are some of my favourite ingredients as I can make a lotion in less time than it takes me to gather my...
Woo hoo! Welcome to part one of this new Formulating Friday series/course! I’m so unbelievably excited to share these awesome ingredients with you. I know you’re going to have great fun! These emulsifiers are some of my favourite ingredients as I can make a lotion in less time than it takes me to gather my...
Welcome back to this introduction to cosmetic chemistry course! Let’s continue our look at esters by investigating those that work as emulsifiers. We’ll get into some emulsion theory, information on the HLB system, then get into those esters! Today we’re taking a look at two more categories of esters – glycol esters, like glycol distearate,...
Welcome back to this introduction to cosmetic chemistry course! Let’s continue our look at esters by investigating those that work as emulsifiers. We’ll get into some emulsion theory, information on the HLB system, then get into those esters! Today we’re looking at more esters we use as emulsifiers – glyceryl stearate, glyceryl stearate SE, and lactylate...