Discussion: Recall of seriously contaminated room spray with gemstones!

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I shared this post originally on my Facebook page for this site – which you can find as @SwiftCraftyMonkey on Facebook or Instagram – but thought it was such an important topic, I’d share it here too!  The article from Gizmodo – Walmart aromatherapy spray linked to mystery outbreak of a deadly tropical disease, recall...

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#alltheingredients: Tropical fruit blend OS – oil soluble botanical fruit extract

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Join me today as we take a look at Tropical fruit blend OS, an oil soluble combination of 4% each coconut, kakadu plum, passionfruit, blueberry, and banana in sunflower oil (80%) – INCI: Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil & Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract & Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract & Passiflora Incarnata Fruit Extract &...

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#alltheingredients: Milk hydrolysate PF (INCI: Hydrolyzed milk protein)

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Milk hydrolysate PF (INCI: Hydrolyzed milk protein) is a clear to slightly cloudy, light yellow, water soluble liquid we can use in skin care products as an anti-irritant, anti-inflammatory, film forming ingredient that soothes irritated skin, increases hydration, and reduces transepidermal water loss (TEWL). In hair care products, it increases hydration and elasticity, which increases...

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Q&A: Can I make and store DIY flaxseed gel for curly hair?

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In this month’s Q&A, Anjali asked Hi, I keep seeing “recipes” for diy flaxseed gel for curly hair. Basically you’re boiling flax seeds with water to extract a gel, and straining it to use. Where do I even start. Everything is estimated. There is no preservative. Etc. The gel does look good. Is there a way to make...

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Q&A: My lotion keeps separating and I’m frustrated! What can I do? (Part two)

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A jug with a separated lotion in it - the oil phase floating on the top, the water phase floating on the bottom

Welcome back to part two of this look at how we could modify a lotion formula that’s causing VeryBerry to tear their hair out as it keeps separating! Yesterday, in part one, we looked at the issues that might be causing the lotion fails. Today, we’ll create a stable formula VeryBerry can try to see...

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