lotions

Newbie Tuesday: It’s time to make lotion (free formula)!

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I first shared this formula in 2012, and as it’s been copied by everyone without credit and scraped by AI, I figured I might as well share it for free. It’s a tried and true formula that works with any liquid oils, butters, solid oils, esters, silicones, or hydrocarbons, like squalane. You can substitute the … Read more

Let’s try a few different preservatives in a hand & body lotion formula to see how we would adapt them to not lose viscosity – Optiphen Plus formulas (part four)

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I thought I’d share some formulas to demonstrate what we covered in our short series on adding ingredients to the cool down phase of emulsions. In part one, we looked at why we added hydrolyzed proteins, mixed tocopherols, actives & cosmeceuticals, fragrance oils, and essential oils to the cool down phase along with some emulsion...

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Let’s try a few different preservatives in a hand & body lotion formula to see how we would adapt them to not lose viscosity – Jeecide CAP-5 formulas (part three)

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I thought I’d share some formulas to demonstrate what we covered in our short series on adding ingredients to the cool down phase of emulsions. In part one, we looked at why we added hydrolyzed proteins, mixed tocopherols, actives & cosmeceuticals, fragrance oils, and essential oils to the cool down phase along with some emulsion...

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Why are we adding some ingredients to the cool down phase? Why do my emulsions lose viscosity when I add some preservatives? How do I make it not lose viscosity? (Part two)

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A close up diagram of a micelle. The oil is in yellow, the emulsifier has a red head, and the OH is the hydroxyl group sticking out into the blue water.

Welcome back to part of two of this short series in which we’re looking at why we might add some ingredients to the cool down phase of a formula. In part one, we looked at why we added hydrolyzed proteins, mixed tocopherols, actives & cosmeceuticals, fragrance oils, and essential oils to the cool down phase...

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Why are we adding some ingredients, like hydrolyzed proteins or preservatives, to the cool down phase? (Part one)

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Three bottles with brown, clear liquid sit on a counter top. These are hydrolyzed proteins.

This is a super great question and one that I don’t think I’ve ever answered all in one post, so let’s look at this now!  Sometimes adding ingredients to the “cool down phase” isn’t just about the temperature! Some of our ingredients are heat sensitive – those that are volatile, like isododecane, fragrance oils, or essential...

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