Welcome to the home of SwiftCraftyMonkey Formulating Inc.! Join Susan as she obsesses about cosmetic chemistry and other things (some possibly related to monkeys)! Here you’ll find over 5,000 posts and formulas written over the past 16 years for everything from lotions, creams, and body butters to hair care products to fancy facial products filled with actives and cosmeceuticals! Enjoy the site without distractions – no ads, pop ups, sponsored posts, affiliate links, “one weird tricks” – all supported by readers like you.
I find one of the hardest things about making lotions is choosing the right oil for the job! I’m faced with a shelf of wonderful oils filled with wonderful and amazing qualities and I can’t use them all! How to choose? Here’s a little chemistry on triglycerides as a preface to a series on oils…...
My headache is still here, hence the visual tutorial on shampoo bars – I was preparing it for a few weeks from now. But I’m wondering what you want to know about lotions. I am going to be working on a few posts on oils and butters – more chemistry about what they are, how...
Apparently the exciting sinus infection from which I’ve been suffering since mid-August has set me into migraine mode, which is making me feel horrible and grumpy. (My last migraine was 1996 and before then I’d only had maybe 4 or 5, so it’s a whole new fun experience remembering why they were so awful!) So...
There are a number of ways to fill your bottles, but I recommend you wait until your lotion is cooled or mostly cooled so you don’t get icky condensation on the cap. Here are my usual ways of filling bottles…1. Funnel. For something like the light lotion, a funnel should do nicely. For something thicker,...
Is there a difference between a lotion and a cream? Yes.A cream is defined as an emulsion in a semi solid form that doesn’t flow well. It has a heavier consistency than lotion, so the key differences are viscosity and flow. A cream is generally found in a jar because it’s not easy to pump...