#alltheingredients: NaturePep® Quinoa (INCI: Chenopodium Quinoa Seed Extract) – for eye bags, creases, and puffiness

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As I’ve been reviewing all the various formulas and ingredients I’ve played with over the last four years – wow, since 2017??? – I’ve been finding ones I haven’t shared with you yet. Today, let’s take a look at NaturePep® Quinoa (INCI: Chenopodium Quinoa Seed Extract), an ingredient you can find at Lotioncrafter.* As a...

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Creating an amaranth & honey foaming facial cleanser (part three, adding fruit acid complex)

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Welcome to part three of this short series on making an amaranth & honey foaming facial cleanser. In part one, we chose our ingredients, including preservatives. In part two, we made the formula, then tested and adjusted the pH. In part three, we’ll modify the formula to include fruit acid complex, a chemical exfoliant full...

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Creating an amaranth & honey foaming facial cleanser (part two, formula)

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Welcome back to this short series on creating a foaming facial cleanser with foaming amaranth surfactant and a bunch of lovely ingredients, like humectants, botanical extracts, and more. If you’d like to see part one of this series in which we review our ingredients, look at the preservative chart, and learn more about what we...

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Creating an amaranth & honey foaming facial cleanser (part one)

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I admit it – I love a good foaming facial cleanser. I find that cleansing my face with a foamy, bubbly, lathery™ cleanser that doesn’t feel like it’s stripping my skin, that rinses off easily so I can avoid that horrible, dry, tight feeling, and leaves my skin feeling super dewy but not greasy or...

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Newbie Tuesday series: Creating naturally compliant emulsions with Olivem 1000 – part one, let’s meet the emulsifier and learn how to use it!

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A plastic beaker with a white, whipped, fluffy lotion made with Olivem 1000

Welcome to week one of our Newbie Tuesday beginners’ lotion making series/course and Formulating Friday more advanced lotion making series/course! Today, we’ll be meeting our new emulsifier, Olivem 1000! Today, on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, we’ll meet the emulsifier and learn how to use it in our lotions. Next week, on Tuesday, April 20th, 2021, we’ll...

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