Masterclass Q&A 2

Have you started thinking about ingredients yet? Do you know how to measure the pH of your formulation? Join us as we answer some of your questions about our Masterclass series. Don’t miss this opportunity to speak to our team.
00:00 Intro
02:00 Do you have to put essential oil in the cream?
02:30 Can we use the same preservative for all formulations?
04:30 when you could add Vitamin E in your formula?
06:20 What is the best way to sanitise an homogeniser?
07:15 My emulsion became quite liquid, 75 degrees, weighed, cooled.
08:30 I haven't seen information about the shelf life of our formulations. Did I miss it somewhere?
09:30 Will this group still be available for Q & A and is their recipes available by eBooks/books?
10:30 How do we work out what is the amount of the ingredients to make the formulation.
11:45 How would I do the water bath, if I was to put a Pyrex dish in a saucepan to hold the beakers, does the water need to touch the glass dish or would the steam from the water below be enough to heat the contents of the glass beakers?
12:50 Is any emulsifier good and safe for face creams? Or is there some we should avoid?
14:30 How can i find the ingredients kit?
15:50 How long can I keep my emulsion before adding botanicals?
17:00 Could the cream last longer in the refrigerator?
17:30 How do you clean equipment?
19:00 Can I use a metal bowl instead of a glass bowl?
20:20 Could you please advise how you adjust the PH at the stage of lesson 3
21:00 Can you heat the emulsion at a lower temperature to preserve the ingredients?
22:30 Can I replace the glycerite with Glycerine?
23:45 Can I replace the emulsifier?
25:00 How to sanitise my equipment?
26:00 I followed the weight in the lesson and Im thinking it a bit light for a facial cream. Is there a way I could have thickened it up?
28:00 How do I formulate the base of a cream from scratch if I do not want to use vegetal?
29:15 If I don't have a preservative, how long will it last?
30:00 What would cause the pH to be too high?
33:00 How to calculate the total amount of preservative for the formula?
35:00 Can I use my own infused oil?
37:00 the neroli hydrosol and Papaya glycerite I have, has an preservative in it. Do I have to use less preservative tomorrow?
38:00 What is recommended if you want to increase the botanicals?
38:15 Are there any essential oils that definitely should not be used in this formulation?
40:00 Can I adjust the ration of oils to change the formula?
41:30 We have used a whisk for a 100 gm batch. What should be the batch size for us to use a stick blender or a homogenizer?
43:00 My skin is quite oily will this be ok to use?
44:15 My question is can you tell me if I have a ph digital tester for soil (that I only used maybe twice) will it work for testing the ph with my formations or do I have to get the ph strips or specific ph digital tester?
47:30 Thanks, I wanted to ask about adding animal products like camel milk and beef tallow to products and how they could be preserved

[@deedeep001]

Loved these lessons from the masterclass. I am late joining episode 10 as had to stay back at my day job tonight, just finished I am in Hampshire UK and just watched episode 9 last night

[@jacquelinedrury2251]

Hi from Sydney in Australia. I'm up to lesson 6, and I can't wait to see lesson 7. After that lesson, I'm going to make the cream.

[@williamjones8910]

First class but I enjoy the fact that you are helping us learn how to use the power of natural.

[@angieautar14]

I'm from Sydney Australia, I've watched all the lessons, waiting for lesson 7 on preservative theb I shall get making 😊

[@chibuzormichael6029]

As a new formulator, how do you make enough quantity for sale considering the fact that you do not have the equipment yet?

[@hairyandagitj]

I watched all 6. Watched lessons 4-6 yesterday, but I didn't take notes, yet for them, so I will rewatch them today and take lots of notes. I'm loving this masterclass. I loved last year's eye cream masterclass, so I was excited to find out about this masterclass and signed up early.

[@sarap1074]

Replay....thanks

[@gleanieladera5781]

Hi from Buffalo, NY

[@margaretwhitaker4328]

How do we determine shelf life of our formulations?

[@michellelathrop9085]

Mine didn't thicken up

[@donnaprice2483]

I tried it twice and had the same problem. More of a lotion

[@loriloo64]

Mine didn't either 😠

[@michellelathrop9085]

I think what could have happened was it got the water to temperature, but I didn't check the 2 containers. I'm going to try again. This time measure both and make sure all the vegetale is in oil and dissolved before I mix them together.