Emulsifiers & Thickeners

INCI Name: Kaolin

What is it: Kaolin clay is a fine, smooth clay that comes in a variety of colours (white, red, green, pink, yellow, and orange). A l…

Bentonite clay is a natural clay with a fine, soft texture. It forms a paste when mixed with water. This paste is used for medical or cosmetic benefi…

Yellow Beeswax is a staple ingredient in many DIY recipes, thanks to its versatile properties and beneficial effects on the skin. Whether you're crea…

White beeswax is still very much natural and organic. It comes from the same type of beeswax as yellow beeswax. However, what gives white beeswax its…

It is best to first disperse it into Glycerin and then add the mix to water, while blending at high shear (with your stick blender).  It is not …

INCI Name: Stearic Acid

What is it: Stearic Acid A fatty acid that occurs naturally in animal and plant fats (typically coconut or palm oil), ste…

Cetostearyl alcohol, cetearyl alcohol or cetylstearyl alcohol is a mixture of fatty alcohols, consisting predominantly of cetyl and stearyl alcohols …

INCI Name: Hexadecan-1-ol

What is it: Cetyl Alcohol – also known as hexadecan-1-ol or Palmityl Alcohol – is an all-purpose, non-ge…

OliveM 1000 is a PEG-free self-emulsifying multifunctional ingredient (white to ivory waxy flakes at 20°C, melting point ~ 70°C). As the sole em…

As an emulsifying agent, Polysorbate 80 food grade can improve the efficacy of other ingredients when combined with cetyl alcohol or sorbitan stearat…

Polysorbate-20 is an emulsifying agent that contains laurate esters of sorbital. It is soluble in water.

It enables water an oil to mix and is a unive…