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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 hardest and one the easiest ingredients to use. Sodium carbomer is pre-neutralized carbomer (a polymer)…
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(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 to polyglycerols esters. Elimination of the free fatty acid functionalities in beeswax improves the oil…
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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 emulsions (lotions, creams, conditioners, etc) and creates gels.
INCI: Guar Gum or Cyamopsis tetragonoloba Guar gum! It is outstanding to have around because of the superslip it gives to almost whatever water based concoction you put it in. {snippet adszooright} Guar gum is a thickener, co-emulsifier, stabilizer, and…
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INCI: Hydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate
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 alone doesn’t seem to have. It, too, is used to make emulsions thick and…
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Cetyl Alcohol is a go to ingredient used to make emulsions thick