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.