#alltheingredients: NatraPep® Pea (INCI: Pisum Sativum (Pea) Extract)

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A bottle of NaturePep® Pea sits on a wooden shelf with beakers behind it. A small shot glass contains a clear, light brown liquid, which is the protein

I was sent this gorgeous new ingredient from Voyageur Soap & Candle, NaturePep® Pea (INCI: Pisum Sativum (Pea) extract). It’s a clear, brown liquid with 12% to 17% concentration of pisum sativum extract that we use at 1% to 5% in the cool down phase of our water only or emulsified products 40˚C (104˚F) or...

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#alltheingredients: Yucca extract – botanical extract, liquid

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I’ve been having some fun playing with this new-to-me, water soluble, liquid extract – Yucca extract (INCI: Yucca Smalliana leaf extract and propanediol) – so let’s take a look at it before we use it in a liquid clarifying shampoo for oily hair shortly. This type of yucca is known as Beargrass yucca, and the...

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Creating a protective, naturally compliant facial moisturizer with all kinds of lovely things for the winter months using Olivem 1000 (part five) – creating a more advanced version of the moisturizer

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Welcome back to this five part series on making a facial moisturizer with Olivem 1000 suitable for the winter months when we might want more occlusion, emollience, moisturization, and hydration. In part one, we reviewed the base formula we originally made in the Newbie Tuesday beginner lotion making series in 2021. In part two, we...

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Creating a protective, naturally compliant facial moisturizer with all kinds of lovely things for the winter months using Olivem 1000 (part four) – creating a modified formula with actives & vitamins! 

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Welcome back to this five part series on making a facial moisturizer with Olivem 1000 suitable for the winter months when we might want more occlusion, emollience, moisturization, and hydration. In part one, we reviewed the base formula we originally made in the Newbie Tuesday beginner lotion making series in 2021. In part two, we...

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Sigh, not again: Ethereal Galore has plagiarized our Learn Cosmetic Formulation course!

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It’s come to our attention that a company called Ethereal Galore has plagiarized our free Learn Cosmetic Formulation course, created by Jane Barber of Making Skincare, Perry Romanowski of Chemists’ Corner, and me, Swift. As you can see in these screenshots, she’s taken our lessons, our formulas, our photos, and even the names of each module … Read more