Sodium Carbomer
I used to have fights with Sodium carbomer all the time on my quest to make a good gel. It is simultaneously one of the […]
Thickeners
Cera Bellina
(Directly from ingredientstodiefor.com) INCI: Polyglycerol-3 Beeswax (Polyglyceryl-3-beeswax) Cera Bellina is a hydrophilic derivative of natural beeswax in which the free fatty acids have been converted […]
Xanthan Gum
INCI: Xanthan Gum Xanthan Gum is a known thickener (rheology modifier) used quite often in a number of commercial and handmade products. It stabilizes your […]
Structure XL
INCI: Hydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate
Behenyl alcohol
Behenyl alcohol is, in my opinion, a better thickener to use in comparison to cetyl alcohol. In my experimentation, behenyl offers a conditioning feeling that […]
Cetyl Alcohol
Cetyl Alcohol is a go to ingredient used to make emulsions thick