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I’ve always thought about making a liquid hand soap – I don’t make CP soap, so I don’t make liquid soap – but I thought I could make a nice syndet one out of my lovely surfactants, some moisturizing ingredients, and my polyquats. What’s the goal of a hand soap? We want something that cleanses...
If you don’t know about my love of surfactants yet, then you haven’t read this blog for very long! I’m addicted to making body washes, so I thought I’d try a new surfactant I’ve never used before in my new favourite body wash recipe! (Although for some reason, I forgot to include the PEG-7 glyceryl...
We took a look at making an opaque moisturizing body wash yesterday. Today, let’s take a look at how to make a clear moisturizing body wash! Although I do think the opacity works to make the user feel as if it is more moisturizing, there’s no reason we can’t make a clear one that feels just...
It seems to me that everyone is on a quest to make a moisturizing body wash. There are a few ways to make a body wash more moisturizing – follow the guidelines for increasing mildness in surfactant based products by reducing the concentration of the surfactants, choosing milder surfactants, and adding irritation mitigators like conditioning...
I’ve always wondered why the foamy surfactant based products we’ve made in our craft groups – bubble bath, body wash, shampoo, and facial cleansers – weren’t as thick as those I made at home. I thought it was thanks to my use of volume measurements instead of weighted measurements – yeah, I know, I tell...