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Q&A: How can we educate customers about parabens? Some resources you can use!

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Six plastic bottles containing preservatives sit atop a metal plate on a digital scale

In the monthly Q&A, Baily asked, Hi! Have you written anything about how we as formulators can help ease customer minds about certain ingredients?? For example, I just switched to Germaben II, which has parabens, which I was strongly against for a long time and my customer base is too. However in my recent research...

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Don’t worry about bubbles in your lotions: Mixing, emulsifiers, and the soaping effect!

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I’ve noticed quite a few people worrying about their lotions having bubbles in it when they’re mixing it after combining the heated oil and water phases, and the message in this post is don’t, there’s nothing to worry about! The bubbles will be gone soon enough. You’ll do more mixing when you add the cool...

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Modifying the winter hair & scalp spray: Let’s make a dry hair & scalp hydrating conditioner (part two) – choosing other preservatives with formula 

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Let’s modify the gorgeous winter hair & scalp hydrating spray full of botanicals and actives to be a lovely dry hair & scalp hydrating conditioner with different preservatives! Click here for part one of this series! You can find the original series in which we made a hydrating winter skin & scalp spray with loads of...

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Modifying the winter hair & scalp spray: Let’s make a dry hair & scalp hydrating conditioner (part one) – adding a conditioner with formula

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Let’s modify the gorgeous winter hair & scalp hydrating spray full of botanicals and actives to be a lovely dry hair & scalp hydrating conditioner! Links to the original series… You can find the original series in which we made a hydrating winter skin & scalp spray with loads of botanicals & actives, which can be...

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Short update on the site and question for you!

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Hi everyone! Did you catch the eclipse today? It didn’t appear our way, but it was awesome to see on TV! Just wanted to give you a quick update on what’s going on here. I’m in the middle of what I’m calling my 54,000 km check up – a series of medical appointments with the...

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