Here it is: the final formulation of the Soapmakers Hand Cream. A beautiful rich hand cream created especially for soap makers that will condition and moisturise dry hands without leaving a greasy after-feel. […]
In this penultimate part, I reveal my secret ingredient (well secret to me anyway, because I only figured it out), and the new oils have arrived, which changes everything again. […]
Now that I figured out how to incorporate the colloidal oatmeal to an emulsion without it going lumpy, I had the mechanics of the formulation sussed and could now focus on the cream itself. In this part, I do my first tweaks to the formulation and wonder how natural are my ingredients? […]
Uh oh, when things go wrong! Formulation is easy, but it doesn’t always go to plan. Check out what happened and how I fixed it, and see my first version of the formulation. […]
Ready for my first attempt? Let’s look at my first formulation and why I chose these particular ingredients for the Soapmakers Hand Cream. […]
This is my experience of doing the final project of the Diploma of Organic Skincare Formulation. In part 2 I describe how I started by testing different emulsifiers to decide which one to use. Also my top tips to stable formulations! […]
I finally passed my Diploma of Organic Skincare Formulation! For my final project I made a hand cream especially for soapmakers. Find out my thoughts, research, experimentations and failures, until I finally perfected the cream. […]
Making emulsions can be daunting, especially with the many different emulsifying systems available on the market. Which one should you use? How do they differ? To make things easier, I’ve tested five of the most common oil-in-water (O/W) emulsifiers available here in New Zealand. […]
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