The home of SwiftCraftyMonkey Formulating Inc.! Join Susan as she obsesses about cosmetic chemistry and other things (some possibly related to monkeys). Often strange, occasionally useful, and always worth a stop as a point of interest on your journey through the Intertron.
This e-book has been a long time coming! I’ve been writing this e-book in bits and bites over the last few years, updating it each time I find a new active for eye care products or create a few formula, and even as I finalize it at the end of November 2020, I see Lotioncrafter...
In the May Q&A, Csoap asked: 1. I know Niacinamide isn’t recommended over 5-6%, but want about combining in application? I have 2 products I love that have 4% each. I sometimes use them together. I haven’t seen flushing but my skin turnover is amazing! But this combo can cause flushing, correct? If you use too...
In the April Q&A, Sarah asked: I bought some sodium carbomer (powder, from Lotioncrafter) because I don’t yet have a pH meter, and liked the idea of something I didn’t need to neutralize. I have found one instance of you using Sodium Carbormer, in your recipe for cream-gel in your Cosmeceuticals vol. 2 e-zine; you recommend...
In the January 2018 Q&A post, Linda asked: I am not sure if you have posted about using the Vitaplex from Lotioncrafter*, but if you have I can’t seem to find it. It says it is for hair and skin, but the required pH seems to be a bit high for hair, so that has me...
I’ve been using the Volumizing Complex from the Formulator Sample Shop* in my leave in conditioner for quite a few years, and I won’t make a leave in without it! The INCI for this product is Water & Rice Amino Acids & Lactobacillus/Date Fruit Ferment Extract & Polyperfluoroethoxymethoxy Difluorethyl PEG Phosphate. The rice amino acids will...