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Creating creamy facial cleansing milks with Sensolene® or isopropyl isostearate (IPIS), part three – creating a cold process emulsion with Jeesperse® ICE-T-LB-T-NS (part two of two, the formula!)

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Welcome back to part three of this short series on creating a cold process creamy facial cleansing milk with Sensolene® or isopropyl isostearate (IPIS) in which we’ll be finishing up the formula we created using Jeesperse® ICE-T-LB-T-NS. Find part one by clicking here. Find part two by clicking here!  We altered the emulsifier, emollients, and preservatives...

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Creating creamy facial cleansing milks with Sensolene® or isopropyl isostearate (IPIS), part two – creating a cold process emulsion with Jeesperse® ICE-T-LB-T-NS (part one of two)

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We’ve been having some fun creating formulas with Sensolene® – so far we’ve made an anhydrous facial serum and a creamy chamomile & aloe vera facial cleansing milk with Sensolene® with a few different emulsifiers – so I thought we could modify the latter formula to use cold process emulsifiers and a few different emollients....

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

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In this month’s Q&A, VeryBerry asked,  Hi, my cream keeps splitting and I am tearing my hair out…(Literally)! I have tried EVERYTHING in my knowledge (change emulsifiers, reduce oils, etc.) to stop it from splitting but nothing works. Here is the recipe. Can you please tell me what I am doing wrong? I want to...

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Creating emulsions with Jeesperse® CPW-CG-Crosspolymer-G-02 aka ICE Silicone (cold process emulsifier) – formulating thicker body butters and creams (formula #5)

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A jar of body butter. The body butter is an emulsion that’s peach coloured. The jar is black with a black lid. The jar sits on a black background.

Welcome back to this short series on this wonderful new cold process emulsifier – Jeesperse® CPW-CG-Crosspolymer-G-02 (INCI: Cetyl alcohol, sodium polyacrylate, polysorbate 80, glyceryl stearate, dimethicone/divinyldimethicone/silsesquioxane crosspolymer) aka ICE Silicone at Making Cosmetics. In part one, we met the emulsifier and learned how to use it. In part two, we took a look at four basic...

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