Surfactants

Esters: Ridiculously moisturizing body wash with esters (opaque)

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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...

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Point of interest: Aloe vera and the viscosity of foamy surfactant products

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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...

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Body wash with esters

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I’m finally getting around to playing with my esters and other light oils from the Personal Formulator, so I thought I’d share another recipe with you using those ingredients! (If you want to see the balm with esters, click here. I’m really loving the light, non-greasy feeling of these ingredients!) This is a basic body...

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Using the unintended effects of your ingredients

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I’ve been giving a lot of thought to the down side of certain ingredients, especially in surfactant mixes. Oils can reduce your foam and lather and Crothix might thicken your mixtures and offer anti-irritancy, but it can start decreasing foam at around 5%. So let’s say you want to make a nice facial cleanser without...

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Question: Differences between cetrimonium bromide and cetrimonium chloride?

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Kontakt asked this question: As I understand it, the only difference between centrimonium bromide and cetrimonium chloride is the negatively charged ion: chloride or bromide. What differs between these two compounds in effects, and why? In solutions, the ions should be free from each other so unless the chloride/bromide ion does something in itself, I...

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