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Newbie Tuesday: Making naturally compliant lotions with Ritamulse SCG (week nine) – hand lotion #3

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Welcome to week nine of our series about making naturally compliant lotions with Ritamulse SCG. If you want to play along, scroll to the bottom for links to all the previous posts.  In the first lotion, we used fractionated coconut oil plus a light, greasy oil.  In the second lotion, we used a light, greasy...

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#alltheingredients: fiberHance BM solution (INCI: Hydroxypropylgluconamide and Hydroxypropylammonium Gluconate)  

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We met this new ingredient as part of the ingredient list for the potential duplication of Deva Curl Wash Day Wonder Pre-Cleanse Slip Detangler, so let’s take a few minutes to take a look at this really interesting hair active, FiberHance BM solution (INCI: Hydroxypropylgluconamide and Hydroxypropylammonium Gluconate).  “FiberHance™ BM Solution is a new, innovative patented...

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#alltheingredients: Crocus Sativus Flower Extract (Saffron) extract

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This looked like an interesting extract found in the ingredient list of our most recent potential duplication, Deva Curl Wash Day Wonder Pre-Cleanse Slip Detangler, so let’s see what this is all about! “Crocus Sativus Flower Extract is an extract of the flowers of the Saffron Crocus, Crocus sativus L., Iridaceae”, (reference) which is used...

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Emollients you will love: Pracaxi oil (INCI: Pentaclethra Macroloba Seed Oil)

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Pracaxi oil (INCI: Pentaclethra Macroloba Seed Oil) is a pale yellow to yellow oil derived from the seeds of the Pentaclethra macroloba tree found in parts of Central America, Trinidad, Guyana, and north Brazil. In the not-so-great photo above, you can see it can be light yellow to darker yellow.  I’ve seen a few claims...

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Potential duplication of Deva Curl Wash Day Wonder Pre-Cleanse Slip Detangler (part two)

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Welcome back to what’s quickly becoming a series on this Deva Curl Wash Day Wonder Pre-Cleanse Slip Detangler. You can find part one of the series by clicking here. When I duplicate products, I follow this process! Step one: Obtain a complete ingredient list. This one is from the company’s official page. Ingredient list: Water...

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