Question about VE and MF emulsifiers…

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!

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

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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Experiments in the workshop: Rita BTMS-225 – results

As I mentioned in this post on watching your products over time, I thought I’d do a follow up on the conditioner I made with Rita BTMS-225 and let you know how it stands up over time and what we thought of it. (I made my normal conditioner but traded the Incroquat BTMS-50 for Rita BTMS-225.)...

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Question: Can we use regular e-wax in a conditioner?

In this post on Rita BTMS-225, Julie asks: Can you use regular e wax in a conditioner? I’d love to try one just to try it, but I don’t want to have to buy a different emulsifier I probably wouldn’t use much.  The short answer is no, you can’t use regular e-wax in a conditioner. And...

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