emulsifiers

Questions I’ve seen this week: Cetyl esters or alcohol,

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In this post, Anastasia writes, When you have time for a question (totally for my own info!), I am having trouble understanding the difference between cetyl esters and cetyl alcohol. When would I use one over the other? Thanks! In this post on formulating and using thickeners, I take a look at what each fatty alcohol,...

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Why did I buy that? Rita BTMS-225

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I’m an ingredient junkie, so you know that when Voyageur Soap & Candle brought in Rita BTMS-225, I had to have it. What’s it all about and how do we use it? The INCI for BTMS-225 is Behentrimonium Methosulfate (and) Cetearyl Alcohol. It’s a hair and skin conditioner as well as a complete emulsifier. If...

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Emulsifiers: What’s a complete or all-in-one emulsifier?

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I found a comment from someone who was having trouble with lotion separation. In the message, she notes that she is using the base emulsifier from Aromantic in the UK. This is not a complete emulsifier – it’s glyceryl monostearate, a low HLB emulsifier that must be coupled with a high HLB emulsifier to create...

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Question: How to use BTMS-25 in place of BTMS-50?

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A few questions have come up around using BTMS-25 in a conditioner when you don’t have access to BTMS-50, so let’s take a look at what we could do here! (Click here for the post on substitutions, click for the post on emulsifiers!) What’s the difference between BTMS-25 and BTMS-50? BTMS-50 is behentrimonium methosulfate (and) cetyl...

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Emulsifiers: Eye cream with Ritamulse SCG

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I know many people – including my mom and best friend – want me to make an eye cream…and I kinda did. I’ve been using this recipe for Ritamulse SCG in a hand lotion as an eye cream and I love it! When I make it again, I’ll leave out the mango butter and beeswax...

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