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In a message dated 9/13/02 10:13:38 AM Pacific Daylight Time, cathy@...

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> Angie..the crothix worked fine in the liquid soap. I don't think it thickens

> as well as it does in a surfactant. I used 2% and got a pretty decent

> almost gel like consistency.

>

> I'm not trying to thicken the surfactants. The crothix does that

> magnificently..I was trying to incorporate a surfactant with a clear gel to

> make a face type scrub that is primarily gel. I suppose I could thin the

> surfactant with h20 then thicken with crothix in order to achieve something

> similar. I don't want it to be mostly soapy...just a bit of suds. the body

> of the gel would suspend something like ground oatmeal. I'm not sure about

> that.

>

Hi ,

I am so glad to know the crothix successfully thickens your liquid soap!!

That is good news. You may want to try the UltraMaize to make a face scrub

with a gel-like consistency. It is so easy to use. You simply add it to

water or whatever liquid you choose to use. It requires no heating. I have

used it with my aloe extract, which is thin and watery, to make a gel-like

product. You can use it with herbal infusions also. I like to make

chamomile/calendula/lavender infusions for sunburn/irritated skin for my

family and have thickened them with the UltraMaize. You could certainly add

just a bit of one of my surfactant blends to the mix. I haven't tried

suspending anything in the gel though. I will have to try it and report back.

Thanks for the helpful info, !

Angie

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Angie,

Have you tried any of the Wheat Gels? I am working with them now. Some of

the gels even hold up to salt!

Jan S

www.sweetprairiesoap.com

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