Quick Break & Fresh Kick e-Zine

e-Zine  - Digital Download Quick Break & Fresh KickAdventures in Cosmetic ChemistryVolume 5, 2019 by Susan Barclay Nicholse-Zine (PDF, 940 KB) 43 pages View the Table of Contents Susan's been obsessed with ways to describe the sensory experiences we have with our ingredients, and with summer upon us, she wanted to share how to make products with a cooling, fresh kick and a watery quick break.   Both of these terms come from a more minimalist point-of-view about skin care, less about occlusion and thick lotions and more about gels, hydro-gels, thinner moisturizers. Instead of using oil soluble fatty alcohols, butters, and fatty acids to thicken, we rely on water soluble gums, gels, and other rheology modifiers in small quantities to increase viscosity that will break when we rub them on our skin, offering us a lovely hydrating splash of water.   In this e-zine, Susan wants to introduce you to some of the ingredients you can use to create these sensory experiences, and offer some ba