#alltheingredients: SEPILIFE™ NUDE aka GelMaker® NAT (INCI: Sodium acrylate/sodium acryloyldimethyl taurate copolymer, C15-19 alkane, polyglyceryl-6 laurate, polyglycerin-6) – liquid, cold process emulsifier

As we get ready for the new cold process emulsifier series I’ll be starting in mid- to late-September, I’ve been reviewing what I have in my workshop and ones I haven’t tried from our suppliers. With absolutely perfect timing, Windy Point Soap Making Supplies (Canada) is now carrying this awesome new-to-me cold process emulsifier, SEPILIFE...

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Tips & techniques: You don’t need to test and alter the pH of an emulsion with a few exceptions…

Welcome back to another instalment of tips & techniques! I thought I should create a separate and updated post on this topic because I see people going through all the work to test and alter pH for emulsions that are just fine on their own. As you’ll see, most emulsifiers are designed to create formulas...

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Q&A: Creating a stable, well-preserved lotion with bee products? (Extra long post!)

As a note, this is a giant post, but I wanted to share this without all the work of having to decide where to end the post, add new links, and do all that stuff that delays posts, so here’s what I would have shared over four days! If you have a formula you want...

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Tips & techniques: Testing and adjusting the pH of a emulsion with a pH meter

Welcome to this detailed page on how to test emulsions – like lotions and conditioners – with a pH meter! If you’d like to read a longer post with even more information, you can find it here – Acids, bases, and pH – oh my! Part four: Testing our products with pH meters!  If you’d like...

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Emulsifiers: Montanov™ 68 MB (INCI: Cetearyl alcohol and cetearyl glucoside) – UPDATED!

Montanov 68 (aka at Sugarmulse or Glucomulse, might be Vegetal 68) is another liquid crystal emulsifier we can find at our suppliers. The INCI is cetearyl alcohol and cetearyl glucoside. It is an ECOcert emulsifier, which means it’s naturally compliant. Its suggested usage is 1% to 5% in the oil phase, and I’ve seen it...

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