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I write this post about how I’m back, then I forget to hit publish on yesterday’s post! I guess I need more vacation time! Pineapple extract (INCI Ananas cosmosus fruit extract or powder) can be found in a powder form that is used at 0.5% in the cool down phase of your product. This extract...
A huge thank you to the readers who wrote to me to ask if I was okay – I am! I thought I’d put a post saying I’d be on holidays this week, but it turns out I didn’t! We enjoyed what is being called a stay-cation, and I took the time to reorganize the...