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I’m sure you’ve seen it in all my formulas – after making the product, wait until it cools to room temperature (20˚C/68˚F) before packaging – but why is that thing? Let’s take a look at a few reasons why we should wait to bottle! I definitely know how tempting it is the package an emulsion...
It might surprise you, but the August is the busiest time of the year for our suppliers as everyone stocks up for markets or to make soap that has to cure for weeks before giving or selling it at Christmas. If you’re thinking about making products for upcoming holidays, you might want to consider making...
Welcome back to another instalment of tips & techniques! I thought I should create a separate and updated post on this topic because I see people going through all the work to test and alter pH for emulsions that are just fine on their own. As you’ll see, most emulsifiers are designed to create formulas...
A quick tip for you: You don’t need to clean your packaging before you use it. Putting your bottles and jars into a dishwasher before you use them for products can introduce contamination. Using dishwashing soap and a bottle cleaner can leave residue. There may be water in places you don’t expect and that can...
There’s this weird idea out there in the DIY world that we can’t easily melt ingredients that contain behentrimonium methosulfate (BTMS), found in Incroquat BTMS-50, Incroquat BTMS-25, Rita BTMS-225, and many BTMS emulsifiers, in a double boiler. It seems that no matter how times I demonstrate it in a class or Zoom meeting or post,...