How do I handle a material that is sold as a powder or crystals?
How do I handle a material that is sold as a powder or crystals?
How-to and Guides | 2 years ago
You can work with powders and crystals in one of two ways:
If you work by weight and in reasonably large amounts then the easiest way to deal with them is to simply add those to your formula at the start and then add the liquid ingredients to them: by the time you’ve finished the solids will usually have dissolved in the other ingredients but if not a good stir will do the trick.
Alternatively pre-dissolve the crystals or powder in a solvent and then add them to your formula in dilution. In this case you might like to check out this post on our blog for details of how to go about it.
Note that which solvent to use varies by ingredient but most will dissolve successfully to make a 5% solution in Perfumer’s Alcohol.