April 2011 – Page 6 – Point of Interest

Duplicating products: Kiehl’s Midnight Recovery Concentrate

April 15, 2011 by SwiftCraftyMonkey

Angelica suggested in this post (which is where you can post your ideas for duplicatable products) that we take a look at Kiehl’s Midnight Recovery Concentrate. So let’s take a look at the ingredient list… Caprylic/Capric Triglycerides: Fractionated coconut oil. It’s a dry feeling very light emollient with a 2 year life span. It feels like our esters....

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Question: How do anti-oxidants affect the shelf life of our products?

April 14, 2011 by SwiftCraftyMonkey

p, as always, stimulates my brain with this comment (found in this post): How does adding 1% vitamin e or rosemary oleoresin affect the shelf life of that ingredient (which is usually an oil)? And how does refrigeration affect the shelf life of our oils? For example, if I buy rosehip seed oil (a 6 month shelf...

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Duplicating products: Soothing Touch Herbal Therapy Moisturizing Massage Cream

April 14, 2011 by SwiftCraftyMonkey

Tara asked about this product – Soothing Touch Herbal Therapy Moisturizing Massage Cream (click here to see the ingredient list she posted from the bottle). The problem I’m having is that the official site doesn’t have ingredient lists and it seems like the lists are different everywhere I look! ARGH! (This is a huge problem when...

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Using extracts, hydrosols, and other botanical ingredients

April 13, 2011 by SwiftCraftyMonkey

You’ll see a lot of extracts, infusions, hydrosols, and botanical extracts in commercial products, and a question I’m asked all the time is “how do they do that?” (especially when it comes to Lush’s claims of using “fresh” this or the other. Read parts one and part two of a post on Lush’s claims). The...

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An aside: Shelf lives of our products (part 2)

April 13, 2011 by SwiftCraftyMonkey

I thought we should take a look at a few recipes and see if we can figure out how long the shelf life should be for them. And I do want to point out that my goal is always a product that will last 6 months to a year. I make small batches and use...

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