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In this post on Spectrastat G2, Ally D shared, So far I have had success with this in my shampoos. However, at 1% usage (recommended usage is 1-1.2%) it curdled my lotion emulsion! I was very disappointed to say the least. I may try to pre-mix it with a bit of the emulsion and then add...
In this post, How can you tell it’s a good recipe?, Connie asked, I am confused, however, about the percent of emulsifier relates to total percent. I understand that amount of emulsifying wax is 25% of % of oils. But isn’t the emulsifying wax considered part of oil phase? When I add that in, isn’t...
In this post, Why do my Dead Sea salts get wet?, C commented: Something similar happens to me every time a make my foot bath salts, the whole mixture turns into wet mush. I use urea and ordinary coarse sea salt and some essential oils. I store the foot bath salt in a airtight container...
Potential duplication of ASDM Beverly Hills Ultra Firming Cream (part three) We took a very detailed look at each of the ingredients we might find in this product – part one and part two – so now it’s time to figure out what’s really important then how much of each ingredient to use. If you...
In yesterday’s post on cooling sprays, I used aloe vera 200x powder, which is a concentrated powdered extract that we can dissolve into water to make aloe vera.The easiest way to do it is this: Into a container, measure out 1 gram aloe vera 200x extract, add 198 grams of distilled water, and 1 gram...