Surfactants

Modifying the low surfactant foaming facial cleanser: Substituting for the hydrosols and extracts

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On Wednesday, we took a look at modifying the low surfactant foaming facial cleanser with foaming oat protein. On Thursday, we took a look at modifying the facial cleanser with different surfactants. Today, we’ll take a look at some of the hydrosols and extracts I used in this product with a plan for Monday’s post...

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Modifying the low surfactant foaming facial cleanser: Substituting surfactants

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As I mentioned yesterday, I modified my low surfactant foaming bottle cleanser with foaming silk to include foaming oat protein instead. But I use a lot of ingredients you might not have in your workshop, so let’s take a look at the ingredients and see what we can substitute for each one! Note: Always remember...

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Modifying the low surfactant foaming facial cleanser with foaming oat protein

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I’ve been enjoying my low surfactant facial cleanser with foaming silk surfactant a lot, but there’s always room for more tweaking! The Formulator Sample Shop sent me a bunch of really interesting new ingredients, so I thought I’d play with a new surfactant called foaming oat (INCI: Sodium Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Oat Protein). Full disclosure: The Formulator...

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Making a Japanese themed body wash – other ingredients

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When making just about anything with surfactants, you want to think about adding other things like moisturizers, humectants, skin conditioners, and so on because when they’re alone, surfactants can feel a bit drying, no matter how gentle or mild they may be. If you have no idea what’s going on, please check out part one...

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Making a Japanese themed body wash – surfactants

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Why did I choose the surfactants I did for my Japanese themed body wash? Always ask yourself about your goal and skin feel preferences to determine which ingredients you’ll use. I like to use at least two anionic (negatively charged) surfactants and one amphoteric (could be negative, could be positive) surfactant in my products because...

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