oils

Weekend Wonderings: Substituting one oil for another

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I’ve had a few questions this week about substituting one oil for another. In general, you can substitute any oil for another oil in most recipes. You will change the skin feel, viscosity, colour, and other features, but you won’t change the chemistry of the product. (Meaning that your lotion will still emulsify well…)  For...

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Fatty acids: What’s up with them? Part three

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Let’s continue our look at Erika’s question about fatty acids from this post…Then, I look at other fatty acids in each of the oils and additional confusion sets in, with the function, or mechanism of other fatty acids contained in those oils.Another example, coconut oil. It contains a lot of lauric acid (47.5%) But, so...

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Fatty acids: What’s up with them? Part two

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Yesterday we took a look at a question Erika posted in the fatty acids post on the blog. Let’s take a look at more of that fantastic question! Then, I look at fatty acid profiles of oils high in oleic acid I find…olive oil (78%) high oleic sunflower oil (74%)hazelnut oil (66 to 85%) avocado oil (75...

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Fatty acids: What’s up with them? Part one

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Erika asked a very good and very long question in this post, fatty acids, and I thought I’d do my best to try to answer it. I’m breaking it up into smaller bites so I can try to cover it all over the next few days… I’m so confused!! I’m going in circles and about...

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Formulating with soy bean oil: Creating a foot cream (part two)

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Yesterday we took a look at the oil phase of a potential foot cream. Let’s take a look at the water phase today. What do I do with the water phase? What kinds of things do I want for feet? If I’m thinking about  hydrating my skin, I want to go with a humectant. I’m going...

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