Surfactants

Replicating Dove’s moisturizing body washes

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A lot of people want to replicate the Dove moisturizing body washes – so let’s take a look at what makes this product moisturizing! These are the ingredients for the Dove Moisturizing Body Wash “Deep Moisture”. Water: Okay, that’s a givenHelianthus Annuus Seed Oil (Sunflower): This is an interesting addition. It makes sense because the...

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Surfactants: Body wash for dry skin

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If we want to modify a body wash for dry skin, we have to remember the goals for this skin type – gentle cleansing that doesn’t strip our skin and moisturizing. We can do that in a number of ways… You can modify the surfactants to increase the number of very mild or gentle surfactants....

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Surfactants: Formulating a body wash for different skin types

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I absolutely love using a body wash in the shower. If I formulate it correctly, it leaves behind a lovely moisturized feeling that lasts all day. The goal for a body wash is to offer cleansing without giving my skin that dry, tight feeling. So we want to create a body wash using a combination...

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Surfactants: Building viscosity – creating gels (updated)

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This is the last in the very long series of posts on surfactants before we get to some super fun formulating! We’ve covered the idea of increasing the micelle size and increasing the concentration of the surfactants, so let’s take a look at creating gels. There are a few ways to create a gel that...

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Surfactants: Building viscosity – increasing micelle size

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The second way to increase the viscosity of our surfactant-y creations is to increase the size of the micelles. (Please click here for a refresher on micelles!) We learned in the post about increasing mildness that increasing micelle size can reduce irritation, so you’re not only building viscosity, you’re decreasing irritation! (I love two-for-one processes!)...

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