Jojoba Oil: Uses, Benefits & How to Use It in Skincare Jojoba oil is one of the most versatile ingredients you can keep in a DIY skincare ingredient collection. It has a smooth, lightweight feel, works well in everything from body oils to lotions, and is known for being especially resistant to oxidation compared with
We all know that oil and water don’t mix, because they are immiscible. So, how do we get immiscible ingredients to stay together? Emulsions! This is where our emulsifier comes in. Without an emulsifier, no matter how much you stirred the oils and water, once you stopped it would separate. Like attracts Like, that’s why
If you’ve ever made lip balm, body butter, lotion, or a solid skincare product, you’ve probably come across cocoa butter. And if you’ve ever opened a container of natural cocoa butter, you probably noticed the smell before anything else. That unmistakable chocolate-like aroma is one of the things that makes cocoa butter so much fun
This is something that I have been wanting to get up on the blog for sometime now! You will be able to use this template for resizing all of your current recipes and to create formulas moving forward. Resizing a Current Recipe Resizing a recipe can be kind of difficult when you are first starting
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Stearic acid is kind of a cool ingredient. You can use it in different recipes and in each recipe you can use it for a completely different purposes. You will often see it used in lotions to thicken them and added to candle wax to boost the scent throw. Stearic Acid: Basic Information INCI Name: Stearic Acid
Vegetable Glycerin: Uses, Benefits & How to Use It in Skincare Vegetable glycerin is one of the most useful ingredients to have on hand when you’re making skincare products from scratch. It is a humectant, meaning it helps attract and hold water, making it useful in lotions, creams, facial products, body products, and other water-based
