Guest guest Posted November 11, 2007 Report Share Posted November 11, 2007 HI, I've just starting making simple lotions and I wanted to experiment further. I was going to try using the same set of ingredients but vary the oil to water ratio just a bit to see how different the lotion would or would not feel based on these variations (I would adjust the other ingredients as needed). My question is will changing the percentages of the water & oil slightly by only 1, 2 or 3% make any difference? Would I be wasting time and ingredients on making small changes to the percentages-would you only notice a difference in the feel of the lotion if the percentages were more widely varied, say by at least 5%? Thanks, Susan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 I think it depends on what you plan to add. If you wanted to adjust the butter for example, you could feel a difference by increasing it by 2% or so. IMO you definately can tell a difference in a lotion when making small adjustments with oil or water ratios. And it's kinda fun finding it all out. Margaret -- Margaret Helm-Duell http://www.moheabeauty.com -------------- Original message -------------- " susan " <ripple95 HI, I've just starting making simple lotions and I wanted to experiment further. I was going to try using the same set of ingredients but vary the oil to water ratio just a bit to see how different the lotion would or would not feel based on these variations (I would adjust the other ingredients as needed). My question is will changing the percentages of the water & oil slightly by only 1, 2 or 3% make any difference? Would I be wasting time and ingredients on making small changes to the percentages-would you only notice a difference in the feel of the lotion if the percentages were more widely varied, say by at least 5%? Thanks, Susan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 , " susan " <ripple95 wrote: > > HI, > > I've just starting making simple lotions and I wanted to experiment > further. I was going to try using the same set of ingredients but > vary the oil to water ratio just a bit to see how different the lotion > would or would not feel based on these variations (I would adjust the > other ingredients as needed). My question is will changing the > percentages of the water & oil slightly by only 1, 2 or 3% make any > difference? Would I be wasting time and ingredients on making small > changes to the percentages-would you only notice a difference in the > feel of the lotion if the percentages were more widely varied, say by > at least 5%? Thanks, Susan > ---------------- It would depend on the other ingredients. If you are using an emulsifier like polawax, changing the amount of water and oil would change the quantity of emulsifier needed to make a stable emulsion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 Yes, any necessary changes to other ingredients would be done to meet their function, such as an emulsifier. But the oils and water would change just to how slight variations change the feel of the lotion. Thanks, Susan , " shupy3 " <jwittenbrook wrote: > It would depend on the other ingredients. If you are using an > emulsifier like polawax, changing the amount of water and oil would > change the quantity of emulsifier needed to make a stable emulsion. > > > , " susan " <ripple95@> wrote: > > > > HI, > > > > I've just starting making simple lotions and I wanted to experiment > > further. I was going to try using the same set of ingredients but > > vary the oil to water ratio just a bit to see how different the lotion > > would or would not feel based on these variations (I would adjust the > > other ingredients as needed). My question is will changing the > > percentages of the water & oil slightly by only 1, 2 or 3% make any > > difference? Would I be wasting time and ingredients on making small > > changes to the percentages-would you only notice a difference in the > > feel of the lotion if the percentages were more widely varied, say by > > at least 5%? Thanks, Susan > > > ---------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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