Surfactants

Weekend Wonderings: Using xanthan gum in surfactant based products? What ingredients make our hair shinier?

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WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN USING CROTHIX AND XANTHAN GUM?Angela sent me an e-mail to ask: When making a body wash, shampoo, etc.  What is the difference between using Crothix and Xanthan Gum? The main difference will be the skin feel of the different ingredients. Both Crothix and xanthan gum will thicken your products, but they may...

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Ritathix DOE: Comparing it to Crothix

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How does Ritathix DOE compare to liquid Crothix for thickening and skin feel? Let’s take a look! THICKENING SURFACTANT BASED PRODUCTSTo summarize the video: I scented by my body wash for oily skin with niacinamide and sebum control enzyme with 1% lemon curd fragrance oil, then divided it into two portions of 288 grams each....

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Ritathix DOE: Thickening a product

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I introduced you to Ritathix DOE yesterday, a new liquid thickener we can add to surfactant based products like body wash, shampoo, or other lathery and foamy things, so I thought I’d show you a little video I made about it today. I thought I’d thicken up the body wash I formulated for really oily...

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Thickeners: Ritathix DOE

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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...

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Experiments in the workshop: Making a body wash for really oily skin – part two

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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...

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