emulsifiers

Weekend Wonderings: Substituting Honeyquat for humectants, heating aloe vera, and sunscreen

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I’m trying to go through your comments, but there are so many wonderful ones, so the best I can do is go back three weeks and try to answer them as best I can. From this post, Let’s formulate: Chamomile & aloe botanical summer time body butter (formula), Andrea asked: Honeyquat? Can I use honeyquat instead of...

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Subscribers’ exclusive: Why do commercial products use several different emulsifiers and thickeners?

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In the July Q&A, After doing ingredient studies on some of my favorite high end organic products (Tata Harper, Eminence, Tracie Martin), I’m finding that, more often than not, several different emulsifiers, thickeners and preservatives are used in the same formulation. This mystifies me! Why don’t they pick one? I understand using several different humectants, emollients,...

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Subscribers’ Q&A: Can and how can we use Aristoflex AVC in lotions?

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In the June Q&A, Tash asked: And for my weird question of the month. I love the feel of Aristoflex AVC in a facial lotion. However its habit of playing badly with electrolytes makes me sad since I love aloe vera and extracts. I can’t remember if you’ve addressed this anywhere but I was thinking if...

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Hey, $10 subscribers! The May e-zine is here!

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If you’re a subscriber for the month of May 2018, here’s the May 2018 e-zine, Beyond Emulsifying Wax, part two: Modifications and Substitutions! You may notice something different in that there are two versions of this e-zine – an epub version in a zip file and an PDF. The ePub version will work for iBooks and...

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Some thoughts on what you could do for an emulsified cucumber body butter (Polawax)

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We’ve been having some fun re-creating a safer, more stable version of this terrible HGTV recipe for a homemade cucumber body butter, and I thought after making the Simulgreen 18-2 version yesterday we could finish this series up with a Polawax version! Let’s use this formula for a body butter, which you can find in...

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