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Welcome back! Did you have fun navigating all those lovely rabbit holes we fell down on Monday as we learned all about the chemistry of the three ingredients found in STEPANQUAT® Helia (INCI: Disunfloweroylethyl Dimonium Chloride (and) Sunflower Seed Oil Glycerides (and) Lauryl Lactyl Lactate)? And did you have fun gathering information for our ingredient chart yesterday?...
Welcome back! Did you have fun navigating all those lovely rabbit holes we fell down on Monday as we learned all about the chemistry of the three ingredients found in STEPANQUAT® Helia (INCI: Disunfloweroylethyl Dimonium Chloride (and) Sunflower Seed Oil Glycerides (and) Lauryl Lactyl Lactate)? Now that we know what each of them, it’s time to learn...
I thought it’d be fun to share with you my process of learning about new ingredients, finding starting formulas, working with them in my workshop, observing their changes over time, and, finally, sharing them with you. This’ll take a few days to cover, but in the end, you’ll have a great sense of what goes...
I’ve been trying to include the cost of each ingredient in grams for the products I’ve been making lately, so I thought I should share how I’m figuring that out for future reference. You can see this in action in the recent Sisley Paris Floral Lotion duplication. I go to the supplier where I bought...
If you’re looking to gather more information and formulas, I have a few ideas for you! I’ll be adding to this as I find more, then re-posting it to the top of the blog so you’ll see it. If you have ideas, please share those in the comments to make this a better list! Updated...