Emulsifying ingredients are used to bind together the ingredients in your DIY skin care recipes to keep oil and water from separating. Its also useful when dissolving some actives. Thickeners can be used to create water based, gel like serums. Botanical Emulsifying is one of the way to use only natural ingredients in formulating creams and lotions that you aren't adding chemicals on your skin. Stringent quality control processes, no animal test.