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As I mentioned in this Weekend Wonderings post, I bought Ritathix DOE, a thickener for surfactant based products and I thought I’d give it a try. Let’s take a look at this thickener in this post, then look at how I use it to thicken things in tomorrow’s post. Then we’ll compare it to Crothix...
If you joined us yesterday, you saw me pondering ingredients I might like to use to create a body wash for really oily skin. Today, let’s create a recipe using those ingredients I liked. BODY WASH FOR REALLY OILY SKIN WITH NIACINAMIDE AND SEBUM CONTROL ENZYME12% cocamidopropyl betaine18% DLS mild10% C14-16 olefin sulfonate10% aloe vera...
If you’ve read much of the blog, you’ll know that I have really oily skin and you’ll also know that I work with a lot of teenagers in my youth programs, so it only makes sense for me to make a body wash that might help oily skin be less oily. (You’ll also note I...
I wanted to make a batch of Black Amber Laveneder fragranced bubble bath that I’d use as a test for thickeners – Crothix, Ritathix DOE, and salt – but it thickened really nicely on its own! I normally love it when a plan comes together, but I really need to test those thickeners, so I guess...
Welcome back! I hope you had a lovely weekend! Let’s resume where we left on Friday with modifying the low surfactant foaming facial cleanser with oat surfactant with different ingredients. Part 1: Introduction and explanation of the productPart 2: Substituting surfactantsPart 3: Substituting extracts and hydrosols What’s the point of this product? This is a...