Creating creamy facial cleansing milks with Sensolene® or isopropyl isostearate (IPIS), part three – creating a cold process emulsion with Jeesperse® ICE-T-LB-T-NS (part two of two, the formula!)

Welcome back to part three of this short series on creating a cold process creamy facial cleansing milk with Sensolene® or isopropyl isostearate (IPIS) in which we’ll be finishing up the formula we created using Jeesperse® ICE-T-LB-T-NS. Find part one by clicking here. Find part two by clicking here!  We altered the emulsifier, emollients, and preservatives...

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Creating creamy facial cleansing milks with Sensolene® or isopropyl isostearate (IPIS), part two – creating a cold process emulsion with Jeesperse® ICE-T-LB-T-NS (part one of two)

We’ve been having some fun creating formulas with Sensolene® – so far we’ve made an anhydrous facial serum and a creamy chamomile & aloe vera facial cleansing milk with Sensolene® with a few different emulsifiers – so I thought we could modify the latter formula to use cold process emulsifiers and a few different emollients....

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Creating creamy facial cleansing milks with Sensolene® or isopropyl isostearate (IPIS), part one – creating a warm process emulsion with Simulgreen 18-2, Simulsol/Lotionpro™ 165, Polawax, or Montanov 68 MB. 

We met this awesome ingredient, Sensolene® (INCI: Ethylhexyl olivate), a Guerbet ester, a light, non-greasy emollient that also has some cleansing properties, a few weeks ago, and I thought I’d share some formulas originally published in my e-zine, Shiny Things, Volume 2, so you can start formulating with it. Creamy facial cleansing milk with Sensolene®...

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Creating an amaranth & honey foaming facial cleanser (part three, adding fruit acid complex)

Welcome to part three of this short series on making an amaranth & honey foaming facial cleanser. In part one, we chose our ingredients, including preservatives. In part two, we made the formula, then tested and adjusted the pH. In part three, we’ll modify the formula to include fruit acid complex, a chemical exfoliant full...

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Creating an amaranth & honey foaming facial cleanser (part two, formula)

Welcome back to this short series on creating a foaming facial cleanser with foaming amaranth surfactant and a bunch of lovely ingredients, like humectants, botanical extracts, and more. If you’d like to see part one of this series in which we review our ingredients, look at the preservative chart, and learn more about what we...

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