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Fatty Alcohols

Fatty Alcohols

The alcohol in hand sanitiser is a tiny molecule that evaporates in seconds and takes your skin’s water with it. A fatty alcohol is enormous by comparison — and behaves completely differently depending on what else is in the pot.

2 min28 Aug 2026
#fatty alcohols#emulsions#formulation
Sunscreen products: a complete guide for formulators — why DIY SPF doesn't work

Sunscreen products: a complete guide for formulators — why DIY SPF doesn't work

Why you shouldn't make sunscreen at home: physical filters, emulsion types, the role of the base and film-formers, the '1% ZnO = SPF 1' myth, and the architecture of professional formulations

25 min2 Mar 2026
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