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How can we adapt our formulas to be more natural? Emulsifiers

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(originally posted on Patreon on Dec 1, 2017 at 5:00am) In this series so far, we’ve tried to define what “natural” or green might be, and we took a look at some replacements for gelling agents. Let’s take a look today at some emulsifiers we could use in place of Simulsol 165 or Polawax. Before I...

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Originally on Patreon: How can we adapt our formulas to be more natural? Gelling agents and gums

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Yesterday, we started a series taking a look at how we can make adapations to our products to use more natural, green, biodegradable, and certified ingredients. Today, let’s look at gelling agents. When it comes to making more natural products, I find there are three huge areas where it’s hard to find natural ingredients… 1....

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Adapting our formulas to use ECOcert ingredients: Simulgreen 18-2 – using xanthan gum (updated)

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Yesterday, we took a look at using Simulgreen 18-2 and fatty alcohols in this potential formula for Josie Maran Whipped Body Butter. Today, let’s take a look at using xanthan gum as a stabilizer for this emulsifier. Part one, defining our terms Part two, gelling agents Part three, all-in-one emulsifiers Part four, creating an emulsifier with the HLB...

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How can we adapt our formulas to be more natural? An introduction to define some terms

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In part one of our duplication of the Josie Maran Whipped Body Butter on Patreon, Lindy asked: What an interesting project! I was extra excited to see a green duplication as I try to stay within the bounds of Ecocert ingredients, and I thought Josie Maran did as well. Then I saw the a few...

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Natural products: A look at a few ingredient lists

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In this post on Ritathix DOE, Kate noted: PEG compounds are excluded from ECOcert so I’m not sure how this could be claimed as natural. (Click on the label to embiggen if you want to read the entire list properly.) I’ve said this before…I don’t know what natural means any more. There isn’t a definition...

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