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In this post, Dizzi (aka Diana) asks: I wonder if you can help with an opinion? I learned to make creams and lotions by following recipes from the UK company Aromantic, which I gather you are familiar with. Recipes for most of their basic creams advocate using an emulsification system which involves two so-called ‘VE’ and...
Anonymous asked in this post: Speaking of oils and emulsifiers, I have a product that i am wracking my brain to work out what is acting as the emulsifier. Can anyone help me? Ingredients are: Water, sunflower oil, coconut oil, olive oil, wheatgerm oil, castor oil, sugar glycerin, chamomile, essential oils as fragrance, and colour. Any help will be...
As you probably know, I’ve been really busy over the last few months, and I missed some great comments. I’m going back through the archives to see what I missed…and here are a few that caught my attention! In this post on modifying the eye cream to include different oils, Robert asks: Also, great work...
I created an epic lotion fail the other day using Ritamulse SCG incorrectly, and it raised some questions. Let’s take a look at those this morning… Jesse wrote: Sorry this could sound silly, but does that means the failed lotion can not be used? Hi Jesse! No silly questions, although they can be asked silly-ily if...
I think it has become abundantly clear that I love Ritamulse SCG, and I forgot what a fickle emulsifier this can be! I suffered an epic lotion fail yesterday while making a 1000 gram batch of hand protectant. I switched 8% Ritamulse SCG for the 7% Polawax, removed 1% from the water phase to compensate...