Month: June 2020

Q&A: Where can I find Incroquat CR? And finding replacements for ingredients I use

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In this month’s Q&A, Dalel Djegham asked, I’m looking for Incroquat CR to make a solid conditionner. I can’t find it easily. Here what I found: Purple Citrus, Saffire Blue, The Herbarie, CoChem (sample), Croda (sample), somewhere I found Quatrex CRC (by Chemron Corp). (Is it even the same thing?) So my questions are: where do I...

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Zoom workshop this weekend – Shampoo bars!

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Join me this Sunday, June 14, 2020 at 11 am PDT (Vancouver time) for a shampoo bar making workshop! We’ll be making two shampoo bars – one warm process, one cold process – and along the way, we’ll be talking about how to make modifications, use that cool purple dye, add and remove ingredients, create...

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Q&A: What does palm- or coco- etc. mean in an ingredient name?

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When we’re looking at INCI names, you’ll see things like stearate, palmitate, cocoate, and more. What do these names mean? When an ingredient is derived from fatty acids, you’ll see a name like sodium stearate or ethylhexyl palmitate indicating which one they’ve used. If you see laur- in a name, it means it’s derived from lauric...

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Recall: Arbonne’s Shea Butter Body Wash! An interesting study of preserving our products

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The FDA has put out a recall for Arbonne’s Shea Butter Body wash because “because product testing by the manufacturer revealed the presence of Pluralibacter gergoviae.” This bacteria “is an opportunistic pathogen that has repeatedly been isolated from personal care products.” (Reference) This isn’t the first time this company has been involved in a recall...

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Emollients you will love: St John’s Wort Oil (infused oil)

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I’ve been taking some time to inventory my ingredients, formulas, and draft posts to find out what I haven’t shared with you yet. I didn’t realize I’ve been playing with St. John’s wort oil for quite some time now! Let’s take a look at this interesting oil! There are two versions of St John’s wort...

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