gels

Weekend Wonderings: Difference between carbomer vs. acrylates/C10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer? What conditioner can I use for very fine hair? What’s the difference between dilution and ratio?

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Still suffering from this horrible cold, although my throat is feeling better and my skin doesn’t hurt so much. I keep drinking vast quantities of chicken soup and honey & lemon tea and spraying my throat with echinacea while sucking on zinc tablets, and I think it’s all working. I’m sure the rest isn’t hurting...

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Gels: Making an eye liner sealant. Part one – figuring out the ingredient list

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I’ve never used one of these before, but my friends and kids in the groups are very interested in this eye liner sealant product. It can be used to seal mineral make-up or eye liner. The point is to keep these products on your eyes throughout the day. When I want to duplicate a product...

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Gels (revised for 2013)!

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I admit I have a thing for gels. It’s so cool to see some water and some powder come together to create something so thick a fork can stand up in it! I’ve written about them in the past, but I thought it would be fun to do a little update on the topic. What’s...

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Gels: Hair styling products

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In my excitement about esters, I totally forgot about hair styling gels! I don’t use them much myself – my hair doesn’t really do “style” that well – but I do like to make them for my mom, who has really spiky hair. Gels are a perfect vehicle for conditioning agents. Sure, you can make...

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Gels: Surfactant-y fun! (updated)

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As I mentioned in the first gel post, carbomers and surfactants don’t tend to play well together. But we’re going to force them to be the bestest of friends by choosing our surfactants wisely and putting the ingredients together in the proper order. I made up this formula – the Gardener’s Hand Scrub – for...

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