Formulas

Formula

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. 

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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 a vitamin & botanical extract packed anhydrous facial serum with squalane and tropical fruit blend OS (formula)

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On October 22nd, we met this gorgeous, decadent tropical fruit blend OS, an oil soluble blend of five tropical fruits, including coconut, kakadu plum, passionfruit, blueberry, and banana used at 1% to 10% in anhydrous products – those without water, like whipped shea butter or lip balms – or in the oil phase of an...

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Q&A: My lotion keeps separating and I’m frustrated! What can I do? (Part two)

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A jug with a separated lotion in it - the oil phase floating on the top, the water phase floating on the bottom

Welcome back to part two of this look at how we could modify a lotion formula that’s causing VeryBerry to tear their hair out as it keeps separating! Yesterday, in part one, we looked at the issues that might be causing the lotion fails. Today, we’ll create a stable formula VeryBerry can try to see...

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Creating larger batches: Scaling up shampoo bars!

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Welcome back to this short series on scaling up our products and making larger batches. Yesterday, we looked at scales and measuring, then saw how going a little over/under in a smaller batch might result in larger batches with different properties for anhydrous whipped shea butters. Today, we’ll take a look at how this might...

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Creating larger batches: Introduction and scaling up anhydrous whipped body butters!

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I’m seeing a lot of people on the various Facebook groups I frequent – including one I moderate, Syndet shampoo bars – expressing concerns that their larger batches don’t have the same properties as their smaller batches, that their bars are harder or softer than they expected, so I thought I’d share this post about...

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