Formulating facial moisturizers – an overview

Before the lengthy series of posts on surfactants, we were taking a look at different skin types. So let’s take a look at formulating facial moisturizers! I’ll be using this basic facial moisturizer recipe as our starting point.BASIC FACIAL MOISTURIZER RECIPEWATER PHASE 77.5% water2-5% humectant of choice0.5% allatoinOIL PHASE8% oils4% emulsifier2% thickenerCOOL DOWN PHASE0.5% to…