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Let’s take a closer look at this gorgeous new-to-me blend of vitamins, humectants, and proteins I’ve been using in my hydrating winter skin & scalp spray that we’ll be adapting to be other products shortly – Fision® HydraTress (INCI: Water, Panthenol, Hydrolyzed Quinoa, Glycerin, Pisum Sativum (Pea) Seed Extract, 1,2 -Hexanediol, Sodium Hyaluronate) We’ve met...
Let’s take a closer look at hydrolyzed quinoa protein, an ingredient that contains amino acids and proteins from quinoa that works well for hair and skin as a film former and hydrator. This post is specifically about Quinoa Pro NPNF (INCI: Hydrolyzed quinoa protein), not Chenopodium quinoa seed extract, like NaturePep® Quinoa.) Before we start…...
AQUAXYL™ is a thick, syrupy, non-sticky, natural humectant – an ingredient that hydrates hair and skin – derived from natural sugars found in corn and wheat. They call it a “sugar complex” because the components are or are derived from xylitol, a sugar alcohol. Let’s meet this interesting humectant! Before we start! You can learn...
Octyldodecanol is a liquid, clear, colourless, odourless oil soluble fatty alcohol that works as an emollient and occlusive in our anhydrous products and emulsions. Whaaaat? Did you say a liquid fatty alcohol? Like one of our solid fatty alcohols, like cetyl alcohol, Cetearyl Alcohol, or behenyl alcohol? How can such a thing be? Is this...
As we get ready for the new cold process emulsifier series I’ll be starting in mid- to late-September, I’ve been reviewing what I have in my workshop and ones I haven’t tried from our suppliers. With absolutely perfect timing, Windy Point Soap Making Supplies (Canada) is now carrying this awesome new-to-me cold process emulsifier, SEPILIFE...