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Having trouble with Montanov™ & Olivem 1000 emulsifiers? The soaping effect – the impact of shear, viscosity, and melting point with naturally compliant formula (part seven).

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Welcome to part seven of this series on troubleshooting Montanov™ emulsifiers! In today’s post, we’ll look at the impact of shear, viscosity, and surface tension on the soaping effect in emulsions made with these emulsifiers. This post also applies to Olivem 1000 as they use similar emulsifiers as the Montanov™ series. As you’ve seen over...

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Having trouble with Montanov™ or Olivem 1000 emulsifiers? Why more water soluble emulsifiers like these cause more soaping (part six)

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Welcome to part six of this series on troubleshooting Montanov™ emulsifiers! In today’s post, we’ll take a look at why these emulsifiers soap the way they do – it’s thanks to their increased water solubility! As you’ve seen over the last five posts, the Montanov™ series of emulsifiers – 202, 68 MB, and L –...

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Having trouble with Montanov™ & Olivem 1000 emulsifiers? Let’s look at making our formulas less soaping by using solid or simple esters, like Lauryl Laurate or cetyl esters (part five, modifying the formula)

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Today, in part five of this series, we’ll be looking at the hand & body base formula and modifying them to include esters as our structuring agents. These can have a lower melting point than the fatty alcohols and acids, plus they have lower surface tension, which we know can reduce soaping. This post also...

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Having trouble with Montanov™ & Olivem 1000 emulsifiers? Let’s look at making our formulas less soaping by altering the structuring agents (part four, includes base hand & body lotion formula and modified formula)

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Today, in part four of this series, we’ll be looking at two formulas – one that soaps quite a bit and one that doesn’t – then we’ll compare and contrast them (because I know how much we loved doing that when we were in school, eh?) This post also applies to Olivem 1000 as they...

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Having trouble with Montanov™ & Olivem 1000 emulsifiers? What we know about the soaping effect and what we can do and some information on liquid crystal emulsions (part three)

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Welcome to part three of this series on working with Montanov™ emulsifiers! This post also applies to Olivem 1000 as they use similar emulsifiers as the Montanov™ series. In part one, we looked at the proper process to make one of these emulsions with example formulas. We learned the key is to follow the formula...

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