Naturally compliant

It’s not easy being green: Links to posts on being naturally compliant or greener!

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I’ve been working on a post about making something more naturally compliant, and realized I hadn’t shared the list of links yet. When you’re looking for more natural ingredients, look for the certifications I list below, like ECOCERT, NaTrue, or COSMOS. Definitions of what “naturally compliant” can mean!  The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)...

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Let’s make a naturally compliant lotion with “fragile” oils in the heated phase – Olivem 1000

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A fluffy white lotion in a beaker. We used Olivem 1000 for this formula!

As there was quite a lot of interest in this post – Demythifying the myths: Fancy oils are not sensitive to heat – you can put them in the heated oil phase – and we had a great conversation over there about the topic, I thought we’d create a bunch of different awesome emulsified and anhydrous...

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Emulsifiers you will love: Sodium stearoyl glutamate (aka Eumulgin SG), part four – using naturally compliant preservatives, plus information on measuring and adjusting pH with a short video! 

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A beaker containing white powder - the emulsifier Eumulgin SG - sits oh the edge of a digital scale

Welcome to part four of this short series on using Eumulgin SG (INCI: Sodium stearoyl glutamate). In today’s post, we’ll be looking at some naturally compliant and non-conventional preservatives to see if they’ll work in the formula. In part one, we met this emulsifier: Emulsifiers you will love: Sodium stearoyl glutamate (aka Eumulgin SG), ingredient...

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Emulsifiers you will love: Sodium stearoyl glutamate (aka Eumulgin SG), part three – changing preservatives, adding product protecting ingredients, and a new, modified formula 

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A beaker with a white powder - an emulsifier called Eumulgin - sits on the edge of a digital scale.

Welcome to part three of this short series on using Eumulgin SG (INCI: Sodium stearoyl glutamate), a strongly anionic (negatively charged) emulsifier that offers a light or “nude” skin sensations, creating non-greasy, non-waxy, emulsions. Find part one here – Emulsifiers you will love: Sodium stearoyl glutamate (aka Eumulgin SG), ingredient profile post.  Find part two...

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Emulsifiers you will love: Sodium stearoyl glutamate (aka Eumulgin SG), part two – basic lotion formula #1

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Welcome to part two of this short series on using Eumulgin SG (INCI: Sodium stearoyl glutamate), a strongly anionic (negatively charged) emulsifier that offers a light or “nude” skin sensations, creating non-greasy, non-waxy, emulsions. Find part one here – Emulsifiers you will love: Sodium stearoyl glutamate (aka Eumulgin SG), ingredient profile post.  It’s naturally compliant...

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