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Members’ Q&A: Formulating an oil free moisturizer? And a huge aside on polarity and solubility

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In the April Q&A, Kelly asked: I’m looking through some of the prior ezines as I need to create an oil free body moisturizer. I’m planning to start fake baking, spray tanning! All recommendations point out that to get lasting results, and less streaking etc, that an oil free moisturizer is best suited. If you have...

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Viscosity!

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In these posts on surfactants I’ve been writing recently, I’ve mentioned viscosity quite a lot, so I thought we should take a look at this concept. The easy way to think about viscosity is about the thickness of a fluid. Water has low viscosity while something like glycerin has a higher viscosity. I liked this...

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Member exclusive Q&A: How can I make this lotion more hydrating? (part two)

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In part one of this question we reviewed Thais’s formula and did a little thinking. Today, let’s look at a few ingredients we could add to her product to make it more moisturizing or hydrating. Thais wrote to note that she used 10% hyaluronic acid gel (it contains 0.1% hyaluronic acid), so we need to...

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Member exclusive Q&A: How can I make this lotion more hydrating? (part one)

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In the Patreon February 2018 Q&A, Thais asked: As I mentioned a couple of times before I’m really into making lovely serums and light lotions with cosmeceuticals. I received a few days ago, my bigger than intended order from Lotioncrafter and was “scared” of trying to play with some products, scared of mixing stuff wrong...

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Member exclusive Q&A: How to add Penstia powder or silica microspheres to lotions? How to modify a lotion for the summer? Where to get misters? (updated)

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In the February Q&A. Christina asked: With warmer with warmer weather coming on, my facial moisturizers are feeling more greasy. I want some oils, and use squalane and some others. Can I just add some microsilica or penstia powder to take out the greasiness? The moisturizers I have contain lovely peptides,etc. I really like them in...

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