Month: April 2019

An aside: We need to talk about Lush’s use of “fresh fruit” in their products.

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We’ve been working through a potential duplication for Lush’s American Pie solid body conditioner, and we’ll continue that tomorrow, but I thought we could take a moment to look at how they incorporate “fresh fruit” into their products as it’s a question I’m asked all the time. Let’s see what they say about using these kinds...

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Q&A: Where to start duplicating Lush’s American Pie solid body conditioner? Part two

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Yesterday, we reviewed the ingredient list for Lush’s American Pie solid body conditioner. Today, let’s take a closer look at those ingredients and how we might create a potential formula for the product. Ingredients: Fair Trade Cocoa Butter (Theobroma Cacao) Murumuru Butter (Astrocaryum Murumuru) Fresh Strawberry Puree (Fragaria Vesca)*, Fresh Orange Puree (Citrus Aurantium Dulcis)...

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Discussion: “Is it natural?” Vegan, “inside out”, and non-GMO

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Two jars on a black table. One has a yellow coloured gel in it. The other has a green-brown gel in it. These illustrate two oily gels that can be made with oily gellants

On Friday, April 12th, we took a look at The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil certification. On Saturday, April 13th, we took a look at at the ideas of “derived from”, minimally processed, and the use of sustainable resources. Yesterday, on April 14th, we took a look at how easy it might be to be green....

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Discussion: Have you used floral waxes? Share your thoughts!

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In the April 2019 Q&A, Marina asked: Do you have any experience/information for using floral waxes in skin care products? I have some jasmine and mimosa waxes, so I want to try using them in crafting. I see recommended usage of below 10% on most places and listed properties are similar as typical waxes (film-forming,...

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Q&A: Where to start duplicating Lush’s American Pie solid body conditioner? Part one…

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In the March Q&A, Katy asked, Hello everyone! I’m just getting started out making my own products. My favorite thing right now is the American Pie solid body conditioner by Lush. I was wondering where I would begin to make something similar. The ingredients seem pretty easy until the end of the list. I’m not sure what the...

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