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Sucragel AOF can be used to make cold lotions, but sometimes we need to heat our ingredients to incorporate them into a lotion. Let’s take a look at a few situations in which we might need to heat ingredients in either the oil or water phases. SLIGHTLY THICKER BUT STILL LIGHT LOTION USING SUCRAGEL AOF...
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post on Sucragel AOF, products made with this emulsifier can be made cold. Let’s take a look at a few recipes we could make through cold process with Sucragel AOF. LIGHT LOTION USING SUCRAGEL AOFOIL PHASE5% Sucragel AOF10% rice bran oil10% soy bean oil0.5% Vitamin E WATER PHASE2.5% sodium lactate0.5%...
I know I keep saying the same thing, but when you make a product for dry skin you want to make sure you’ve chosen appropriate occlusive ingredients – allantoin, dimethicone, or cocoa butter – along with good emollients that contain linoleic acid, gamma-linoleic acid, or conjugated linoleic acid and good humectants. You want these things...
If you’re the type who likes a less greasy feeling lotion, there are a few ways you can reduce that feeling in your lotion. Most of these options can be found in the heated oil phase as we switch one oil for another, one butter for another, and add a few esters and fatty alcohols....
Yesterday we took a look at at adapting the basic lotion recipe for dry skin by including lots of humectants, oils suitable for dry skin, and occlusive ingredients. But that was only one way of creating this lotion – there are quite literally hundreds of variations you could make just switching out one ingredient for...