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Let’s make a summertime tropical melting body butter (part two, intermediate level with 12 formulas)

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Welcome to the intermediate post of this series in which we’re making a 10 minute, summertime tropical melting butter. In this post, we’ll make 12 formulas by modifying the water type, humectants, and emollients. This is a new concept I’m trying –  a new way of writing posts with formulas, creating short series with three...

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Let’s make a summertime tropical melting body butter (part one, beginner level with formulas)

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Before we start, I’m trying a new way of writing posts with formulas, creating short series with three levels of formulas and writing. For the beginner level, I’m sharing the formula with some basics about why I’m doing what I’m doing. I’ll offer you information like how long it’ll take to make with other advice,...

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Having trouble with Montanov™ & Olivem 1000 emulsifiers? The soaping effect – six facial moisturizer formulas with esters, hydrocarbons, and silicones (part nine)

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Welcome to part nine of this series on troubleshooting Montanov™ emulsifiers! In today’s post, we’ll look at the facial moisturizer formulas we started to create in part eight using esters, hydrocarbons, and silicones as our emollients to create something super smooth, light, and easy to spread, which will avoid soaping! Woo hoo! This post also applies...

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Having trouble with Montanov™ & Olivem 1000 emulsifiers? The soaping effect – creating facial moisturizers with esters, hydrocarbons, and silicones, part eight

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Welcome to part eight of this series on troubleshooting Montanov™ emulsifiers! In part eight of this series, we’ll look at creating a few facial moisturizer that might have less soaping effect by altering the structuring agent to include esters, which are more slippery, more glidy, have lower surface tension, but still increase the viscosity a...

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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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