emulsifiers

Weekend wonderings: Hydrolyzed proteins, all in one emulsifiers, and preservatives for anhydrous products

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In this post on hydrolyzed oat protein, Marjo commented: I love the benefits described and tried today a testbatch.. But indeed i have real issue with the smell too… Wow it is really smelly! I think I will stick to silk and elastine. It’s interesting how we react differently to different ingredients! As I’ve mentioned quite a...

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Question: How to use lecithin as the emulsifier in your lotions?

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I’ve been asked this question a lot over the last two weeks and the answer is simple: Lecithin can’t be used as the sole emulsifier in an oil in water lotion like product. Don’t get me wrong – I love lecithin as an emollient and as a water absorber in a few of my mostly oil...

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Question about VE and MF emulsifiers…

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In this post, Dizzi (aka Diana) asks: I wonder if you can help with an opinion? I learned to make creams and lotions by following recipes from the UK company Aromantic, which I gather you are familiar with. Recipes for most of their basic creams advocate using an emulsification system which involves two so-called ‘VE’ and...

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A few comments I missed: Emulsifiers, scrubs, and facial scrubs!

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As you probably know, I’ve been really busy over the last few months, and I missed some great comments. I’m going back through the archives to see what I missed…and here are a few that caught my attention!   In this post on modifying the eye cream to include different oils, Robert asks: Also, great work...

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Using different emulsifiers in conditioners

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I regularly get questions about using emulsifiers like Polawax or Ritamulse SCG in our conditioners, and the general answer is no, you can’t use those emulsifiers to make conditioners. We use ingredients like Incroquat BTMS-50, Rita BTMS-225, and cetrimonium bromide to create conditioners and they are emulsifiers, but that isn’t their only feature: We’re using...

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