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Thanks.

I am fast becoming your student, too. Reading up on your discussions.

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what about the use of Ultratex for thickening/gelling purposes?

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Thanks for the responses…

@milliachemist … I just picked it up from one of the threads to avoid glycerine if I needed foaming.

Sorry, I don’t know what HASE polymers are and wonder if they are available in the UK.

@Belassi …Yes, I want to go sulphate-free.

And I am not sure if liquid castile will clog pores.

Liquid castile doesn’t foam well, this was why I turned to coco-betaine.

I was just reading your post on anti-acne body shampoo; to an extent that is what I am trying to do. But I was thinking of using a foaming surfactant with sea buckthorn oil.

I am wondering of Plantaren APB or Texapon KD S03 are available in the UK, too.

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I just read Perry’s advice in this thread and I am VASTLY encouraged to go ahead with a business in skincare. I can market anything online (except porn), and I am in love with natural products. Just to get my formulations right is the next step now and this forum seems great for that.

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This is an interesting thread.

I am a believer in HA & FE combo. 

@Perry, What about adding a carrier that can will take both through the skin barrier, such as DMSO?

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Thanks MarkBroussard.

But do you think those two would cover bacteria and fungi?

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My name is John, but I like the braveheart screen name . It took me a while to get my head around looking for the WELCOME page, I was so engrossed by the amount of information and readiness to help that is available on this forum. Thanks for the openness and generosity.

I have been doing a lot of experimentation with skin care, especially creams, lotions and recently shower gels. For the past 5 years, I have been making my own creams and lotions, but not been successful with the shower gel part.

Somehow, I just stumbled across Perry’s Stability test article and was impressed by the amount of information and tips he shared in the simple article.

Friends and family are constantly demanding me to make creams and lotions for them and it’s becoming an expensive hobby, so I started thinking of commercializing, then I saw Perry’s PDF on starting a skin care business, which is a great summary of the fragments of information I have been learning here and there over the past two years or so. 

Thanks for allowing me to be part of this forum and I hope to be of help where I can for others, too.

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What about Gluconolactone and Potasium sorbate?

Can someone combine these two and claim “Natural Preservative”?

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I think you might be able to make your own tricetin.

Glycerine + Acetic acid + Acetic anhydrous.

See: http://www.ippe.com/plants/600496/triacetin.pdf