Combining emollients: Part six, viscosity and surface tension – part two, the worksheet!

Welcome to part two of our look at the relationship between viscosity and surface tension as we review both concepts, then work through a worksheet where we combine the two concepts before we make a few products with these ideas in mind. In section one, we took a look at the concept of combining emollients...

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Combining emollients: Part six, viscosity and surface tension – part one, reviewing the concept

Welcome back to our series on combining emollients! In this part – part or section six – we’ll combine the concepts of viscosity and surface tension to see how they affect the spreadability, spreading values, sensory characteristics, and other properties when it comes to using emollients in our products. In section one, we took a...

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Combining emollients: Part five, surface tension

Why the picture of a lip balm at the top of this post? One, it’s full of emollients, and spreadability is really important in lip products; and two, getting that little dome at the top is about surface tension!  Welcome back to our series on combining emollients. In this part – which is part or...

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Combining emollients: What have we learned so far, parts one through four (viscosity), plus a downloadable cheat sheet!

Let’s update our review page to see what we learned in part four of the series on viscosity before we start part five, surface tension. (You can find the home page for this combining emollients series by clicking here!) The larger the spreading value of an emollient, the lighter it’ll feel on your skin. The...

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Combining emollients: Part three, liquid and solid emollients, and the impact of saturation – Four, applying more of what we’ve learned to a quick, cold process lotion we can make in 10 minutes

Welcome back to part three of this series on combining emollients! You can find all the parts of this series and the formulas we’re making in the new home page I created for it! (I’m updating it as each post is shared!) In part one, we took a look at the concept of combining emollients to...

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