Surfactants

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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Making a Japanese themed body wash…

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My husband loves all things Japanese (hence the Genshiken youth group he runs for the “society for the study of modern visual culture” at the library where they watch anime and read manga and discuss both for hours!) and I thought I’d make him a Japanese themed body wash with ingredients that remind me of...

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Fragrance oils and our products!

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One of the things we don’t seem to think about a lot is the impact of our fragrance oils on our product. As much as people want to have natural this or organic that, I’ve read that the number one reason someone chooses a product is the fragrance. (Looking for the reference! I know I...

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