One ingredient, ten products: Incroquat BTMS-50 in facial moisturizers (part two)

Let’s pause this series for a moment and look at a few combinations of ingredients we could use to tweak yesterday’s recipe for a facial moisturizer with Incroquat BTMS-50. Since I’ve written quite a few posts about tweaking the oil phase of our products – see yesterday’s post for that list – let’s take a...

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One ingredient, ten products: Incroquat BTMS-50 in facial moisturizers (part one)

Incroquat BTMS-50 is a great emulsifier for our emulsified products like moisturizers, lotions, creams, and body butters. It will emulsify quite a lot of oils, which means we can use less than we would with other emulsifiers, like Polawax. There is no rule of thumb with Incroquat BTMS-50, so we have to figure it out...

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Weekend Wonderings: Making substitutions in an exfoliating cleanser recipe and using a lotion as a cleanser

In this post for creating a creamy exfoliating cleanser for oily skin, Sherry asks: If I want to remove the beads (my skin is super sensitive), what would you suggest replacing them with, or what should I increase in their place?Also, I LOVE really creamy, thicker cleansers… almost cold cream consistency. I’m wondering if there is...

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Creating a facial cleanser: A foaming rice protein based cleanser

When I get new ingredients, I like to shake things up and try making something I’ve made before with the ingredient to see how it changes the way the product feels. I have a few new ingredients from the Formulator Sample Shop*, and I thought I’d try them in my low surfactant foaming cleanser recipe....

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What do you want to know? Can you make a toner with quats and water?

In the What do you want to know post? Marjo asked: Can one make a toner just with quats and water? Sure, why not? A toner is a very broad word that can mean all kinds of things. If your goal is to condition you skin after washing, then using a conditioning agent – a cationic...

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