Creating a vitamin & botanical extract packed anhydrous facial serum with squalane and tropical fruit blend OS (formula)

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On October 22nd, we met this gorgeous, decadent tropical fruit blend OS, an oil soluble blend of five tropical fruits, including coconut, kakadu plum, passionfruit, blueberry, and banana used at 1% to 10% in anhydrous products – those without water, like whipped shea butter or lip balms – or in the oil phase of an...

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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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