I am officially done with the semester! I took a break over the weekend to collect myself. I appreciate your patience. I know it has been a couple of weeks since there has been a post. I will make up for those posts. This post will be part one, just an update on schooling. I am going to write another post about my summer plans. Part of this blog is sharing my experience of becoming a cosmetic chemist.

I wanted to make a series on formulation basics that focused on product forms rather than concepts. As a different way to present information. I have seen the Institute of Personal Care Science do this and thought that this would be helpful for new formulators. If you are not new to formulating, I still recommend reading, as I always add more information. 

​When writing out your formulation, there are certain things you have to mention. Or else it can be not very clear for others reading it. This statement is coming from a contract formulator. I have been given many formulas, and I have sent many formulations out to manufactures. 

Cold process emulsifiers are like the name suggests, emulsifiers that do not require heating. As we know, we cannot use a emulsifying wax as a solid, we need to melt it and then we can use it. Side note: some cold-process emulsifiers may be added to a heated phase depending if you have something in your oil-phase that needs to be melted. They may be also called polymeric emulsifiers. We are going to get into all of it in this post. 

If you have been on the internet for a couple of minutes, you will have seen the bronzing drops. I am taking inspiration for that product and an example formulation I saw to make my own version. This can be used on both the face and the body. It leave a dry touch finish. You can mix this in with your moisturizer if you want. You can totally customize the color to what you want. I wanted to see what adding mica; the gray colorless powder would do. It make it very dry touch and enhanced the glow. It is very natural looking. Let's look at the formula.