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Simple esters: Creating lip balms with esters (part two) – testing the tubes

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If you want to catch up on this simple ester series, click here for the last post that has all the links to the previous parts!  Yesterday, we created a formula for a lip balm in which we can try different simple, solid esters, colours, and flavours. Today, let’s make that formula and see what...

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Simple esters: Creating lip balms with esters (part one) – the formula

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If you want to catch up on this simple ester series, click here for the last post that has all the links to the previous parts!  After making our lotion bars – click here for that post – we decided to try using these simple esters in a lip balm to see how the colour...

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Simple esters: Creating lotion bars with simple esters

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Wow, it’s been a while? I’ve been trying to find time to write up these experiments I did with Emrys months ago, but life’s been way too busy! Let’s take a look at creating lotion bars with simple esters! If you want to catch up on this series, click here for the last post that...

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Emollients you will love? Illipe butter

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I shared a bit about this butter a few years ago, but I’ve been playing with it a lot more lately, so I thought it was time to take a closer look at this hard, brittle butter. Illipe butter (INCI: Shorea Stenoptera (Illipe) Seed Butter) aka Borneo tallow is a hard, white to cream, brittle...

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#alltheingredients: Amine oxides – lauramine, myristamine, and cocamidopropyl amines

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I’ve been using myristamine oxide in my body washes, shampoos, cleansers, and other surfactant-y products for years, but I’ve never given it its own post. Let’s take a look at it and some related amine oxides to see why we might use them. There are three amine oxides I use – lauramine, myristamine, and cocamidopropylamine...

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