Surfactants

Weekday Wonderings: Reading the INCI names of surfactants?

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In this post, Surfactants: A short guide to lathery, foamy, bubbly things, Renie asks: When I look up “BSB” and find this written on your blog “BSB (PEG-80 Sorbitan Laurate, Sodium Trideceth Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Disodium Lauroamphodiacetate, PEG-150 Distearate, Sodium Laureth-13 Carboxylate, Quaternium-15, found at Voyageur)”…..I take it to mean that all of the names...

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Weekday Wonderings: Reading INCI names

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In this post, A conditioning shampoo with SCI, Synara asks: Just wondering: I only have Amphosol CG and cocamidopropyl betaine. Can I make a shampoo with these surfactants? The short answer is no. And that’s because you actually only have one surfactant because Amphosol CG is cocamidopropyl betaine as made by Stepan, and it’s such...

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Newbie Tuesday on Wednesday: Adding botanical extracts to your facial cleansers (part one)

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I’m a big fan of using powdered extracts to add some extra oomph to my facial cleansers. They tend to be inexpensive – for instance, $3 to $5 for 10 grams – and we only need a bit to go a long way. Let’s take a look at these botanical extracts and see how they...

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Newbie Tuesday on Tuesday: Adding aloe vera to your facial cleanser

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Adding aloe vera can take your facial cleanser from great to freakin’ awesome, so let’s take a look at why we might include this ingredient to a facial cleanser! For this series, I encouraged you to get aloe vera liquid. I generally add 10% of this wonderfui liquid to act as a film former, emollient,...

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Newbie Tuesday on Monday: Modifying the facial cleanser even further with hydrolyzed proteins

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I’m so glad you’re enjoying the facial cleansers you’ve made (original recipe, then the modified recipe can be found in those links)! So let’s add a few more things to the mix! As I modify recipes, I ask myself a few questions…What’s the goal of this product?What will I be using after this recipe on...

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