These are a few of my favourite things: Water soluble olive oil

I love love love water soluble oils! Water soluble oils are oils that have been esterified to become more water soluble. Some of them can be used as emulsifiers – like Cromollient SCE – but all of them can be used in water only creations, like body washes or shampoos. One of my favourites is water...

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These are a few of my favourite things: Pumpkin seed oil

I’m a huge fan of pumpkin seed oil for a number of reasons. It’s an inexpensive oil that’s easy to find at many suppliers’ shops. It has a nice balance of oleic and linoleic fatty acids with some nice levels of Vitamin E. It has a decent shelf life, and doesn’t have a strong smell....

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These are a few of my favourite things: Volumizing complex (updated)

I’ve been using the Volumizing Complex from the Formulator Sample Shop* in my leave in conditioner for quite a few years, and I won’t make a leave in without it! The INCI for this product is Water & Rice Amino Acids & Lactobacillus/Date Fruit Ferment Extract & Polyperfluoroethoxymethoxy Difluorethyl PEG Phosphate. The rice amino acids will...

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These are a few of my favourite things: Foaming proteins

I’ve been experimenting with foaming protein surfactants over the last two years, and I still can’t figure out which one is my favourite! I started with foaming silk surfactant (also click here), then foaming oat surfactant, then foaming rice surfactant, and recently foaming soy protein surfactant. These surfactants are foamy and lathery cleaning ingredients we can...

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What’s your favourite thing?

As you may have noticed, I’ve started a series about my favourite ingredients last week, and I thought I’d ask you what you like! What’s your favourite ingredient? Do you have a preferred product in which you like to use it? If it’s a not-so-common ingredient, could you include a link to it in your...

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