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Formulating Friday cold process emulsifier series: SEPILIFE™ NUDE and SIMULGEL™️ EG (part three, using 1% emulsifier formulas)

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A white blob of lotion sits on a glass watch glass with a black background

Welcome to part three of this series/course – Formulating Friday cold process emulsifier series – in which we’ll be making a 1% formula using SEPILIFE™ NUDE or SIMULGEL™️ EG. The way I’m planning this series, we’ll start off by meeting the emulsifiers – which we did last week – then I’ll introduce a new base...

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Let’s try a few different preservatives in a hand & body lotion formula to see how we would adapt them to not lose viscosity – Jeecide CAP-5 formulas (part three)

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I thought I’d share some formulas to demonstrate what we covered in our short series on adding ingredients to the cool down phase of emulsions. In part one, we looked at why we added hydrolyzed proteins, mixed tocopherols, actives & cosmeceuticals, fragrance oils, and essential oils to the cool down phase along with some emulsion...

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Basic instructions for lotion making (updated September 2025)

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These are what I consider to be the basic instructions for making lotions for most types of emulsifiers, including Polawax, emulsifying wax, Incroquat BTMS-50, Simulsol 165/Lotionpro™ 165, and more. Always check how the emulsifier you’re using needs to be used as this method won’t work for other emulsifiers, like Olivem 1000, Montanov 68 MB, Varisoft...

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Super quick, super easy products for gift giving: Emulsified foot scrub bars!

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Three foot scrub bars - oval bars made with various butters and pumice - sit under a pink violet.

I thought I’d share some of my favourite, easy-to-make, quick, inexpensive formulas you might want to sell or give as gifts this year. You can find the original formula in this post – One ingredient, five products: Stearic acid in foot scrub bars! I’ve modified it quite a bit since I shared it then.  My...

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Let’s make a 10 minute rinse-off conditioner with all kinds of humectants, botanicals, conditioners, proteins, and more: Part seven – adding more conditioning ingredients 

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Hi, everyone! I’m sorry this series has taken so long to finish. I’ve been working on loads of great stuff over the summer for upcoming series and e-books, and this series wasn’t completely written up until now.  Let’s create an awesome conditioner into which we can add all kinds of wonderful ingredients, including the awesome...

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