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This is a question that’s been asked for longer than I’ve been formulating: When we combine the heated phases when making lotions, do we pour the water into the oil or the oil into the water? How fast should we add one phase to the other? And why does any of this matter? The short...
Welcome to part four of the Formulating Friday series in which we’ll be modifying the lotions we made in the Newbie Tuesday beginners’ part of this lotion series/course. Our emulsifier for the month of September and slightly into October are these ones – Polawax, Natragem EW, e-wax NF, or Phytomulse (almond, amaranth, chlorella, or coconut) –...
Welcome to part one, part three (additional) of the Newbie Tuesday beginners’ lotion series/course in which we’ll be making lotions using four different emulsifiers over the next four months. September is all about these emulsifiers – Polawax, Natragem EW, e-wax NF, or Phytomulse (almond, amaranth, chlorella, or coconut) – and we’ll be making a different type of...
Welcome to part one, part three of the Newbie Tuesday beginners’ lotion series/course in which we’ll be making lotions using four different emulsifiers over the next four months. September is all about these emulsifiers – Polawax, Natragem EW, e-wax NF, or Phytomulse (almond, amaranth, chlorella, or coconut) – and we’ll be making a different type of lotion...
In our Zoom workshop last Sunday, we made the formula you can see in this week’s Newbie Tuesday post for hand & body lotion with Polawax, e-wax NF, Phytomulse, or Natragem EW. This will product a lotion with a pH between 5 to 6.5-ish, which is where we want it to be for our skin....