Surfactants

Creating foamy, bubbly, lathery™ facial cleansing grains: The formula (part one)

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I created these formulas back in 2018 and shared them in my e-book, It’s not easy being green (part one), back in 2019, then taught it in my classes at Windy Point Soap Making Supplies later that year. I love these powdered skin cleansers, and was a bit shocked when I realized I hadn’t shared...

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Tips & techniques: Quick look at active surfactant matter (ASM)!

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What’s active surfactant matter (ASM)? This is the percentage of the surfactant as presented, the actual foamy, bubbly, lathery™ surfactant in a liquid or solid ingredient. Liquid products can range from 10% active to 60% active, but most fall in the 25% to 40% range. The rest of the ingredients will consist of water and...

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Surfactants: Fatty acid isethionates (like sodium cocoyl isethionate or SCI) – updated February 12, 2021

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I do love the isethionates, found in the form of sodium cocoyl isethionate (SCI) or ammonium cocoyl isethionate (ACI). The sodium version comes in prills, flakes, or noodles, while the ammonium version comes in liquid form at 30% active. If you look at this picture, the M+ signifies either sodium or ammonium, both of which...

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Q&A: How can we alter the colour of bubbles?

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In the Q&A, Rysle asked, I have a question about how can I make bubbles with different colour? What I mean is when we always make bath bomb or bath powder the bubble it come white I want to make a product that change the bubbles to different colour.  The short answer is that we...

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Formula round-up! Formulas & related posts for foaming pump bottles! (Updated January 21, 2021)

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I know it’s hard to find packaging right now, so it might seem strange that I’m writing posts for products that require a very specific bottle – the foaming pump bottle – but this is how I formulate. I get a new ingredient, I research it, create some formulas, then observe the formulas over time...

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