An on-the-fly update for my Rice & Castor Shampoo Bar
What to you do when you’re in the middle of making something and you discover there isn’t quite enough of an ingredient left?
Patron Exclusive: Testing an ultrasonic homogenizer (Part 2)
Part two, where I demonstrate my ongoing susceptibility to making things way too fancy and fun far too quickly, and am quickly reminded why I always say that’s a bad idea 🙈😅
Testing an ultrasonic homogenizer (Part 1)
After Adam and Ana shared some of their experiences with ultrasonic homogenizers/devices last year, I couldn’t resist when I found one for sale at a semi-reasonable price. It’s still an expensive gadget, it’s just less expensive than most other options I found.
Some accidental experiments with Olivem 1000 + sodium lactate
Here’s some things I learned last month while working on the formulation that goes live on YouTube tomorrow. I used Olivem© 1000 (Cetearyl Olivate [and] Sorbitan Olivate) and a 60% sodium lactate solution.
A simple lotion + polarity experiment
Eight months ago I whipped up four different lotions using four different emollient blends to see what I could learn about using emollients with different polarities in emulsions. Here are the results!
Experiments with crystal clear wax + different emollients
After a very lumpy mishap with Crystal Clear Wax I set out to test it with a variety of different oils and esters to see how changing up the solvent (the emollient) impacts the performance of the Crystal Clear Wax. Here’s what I learned!
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