Creating a vanilla and cornsilk protecting and conditioning facial moisturizer (part four) – Botanical extracts and actives

Welcome back to this series on making a vanilla and cornsilk protecting and conditioning facial moisturizer that I’ve designed to apply before biking to protect my skin from the elements and to work well under my sunscreen. In part one, we looked at the properties we wanted for this facial moisturizer and the emulsifiers we...

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Creating a vanilla and cornsilk protecting and conditioning facial moisturizer (part three) – Water phase and humectants 

Welcome back to this series on making a vanilla and cornsilk protecting and conditioning facial moisturizer that I’ve designed to apply before biking to protect my skin from the elements and to work well under my sunscreen. In part one, we looked at the properties we wanted for this facial moisturizer and the emulsifiers we...

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Creating a vanilla and cornsilk protecting and conditioning facial moisturizer (part two) – Oil phase and silicone substitutes 

Welcome back to this series on making a vanilla and cornsilk protecting and conditioning facial moisturizer that I’ve designed to apply before biking to protect my skin from the elements and to work well under my sunscreen. In part one, we looked at the properties we wanted for this facial moisturizer and the emulsifiers we...

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Creating a vanilla and cornsilk protecting and conditioning facial moisturizer (part one) – Choosing our emulsifier and planning the formula

Welcome to this six part series in which we make a 10 minute lotion cold process formula for a protecting and conditioning facial moisturizer full of awesome humectants, botanical extracts, hydrosols, actives, humectant, preservatives, and anti-oxidants! We’ll be taking a look at each ingredient in detail, starting today with the emulsifier, then we’ll put it...

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Q&A: Using liposomes and Penstia powder together in a formula?

In this month’s Q&A, Jaime asked, Hello. I find formulas that I make with Sepimax ZEN and Sepinov EMT 10 to be a bit sticky. I am wanting to add penstia powder to help but it states it requires high shear. My concern is the formula has Fision Hydrate and Liposomes which don’t like high...

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