For summer skincare the first ingredients that I think of is aloe vera. I wanted to make a whole lotion based off of aloe vera. My favorite emulsifier for body lotions is Ritamulse SCG (Glyceryl Stearate (and) Cetearyl Alcohol (and) Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate). It creamy lovely emulsions with great body and are quite moisturizing. 

I really have been wanting to improve my formulation skills. One of the first things I did was research myself on basic formulation information. Topics like heating and holding, vitamin E's heat stability, what is high shear, etc. It felt like a lot of the information was, "Well, this is how I do it and it works." This response did not leave me satisfied at all. I started looking into where these claims came from, including various websites, professional websites, suppliers, formulation schools, and other bloggers.

One of the issues with posting chemistry content online is you do not know where everyone is at. I have people that follow me that have only had high school chemistry to people with PhDs in chemistry. I want to address finding resources for all knowledge levels. Part of that is knowing the general flow of how chemistry is. Chemistry builds off of its self and is interdisciplinary.