Q&A: Where to start duplicating Lush’s American Pie body conditioner lotion? Part two: How of much of each thing should we use?

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Welcome back to the series after our little side trip about “self-preserving” lotions. I can assure you, we will be using preservatives in our version of Lush’s American Pie body conditioner lotion! (Click here for part one…) And welcome back after my rant about the INCI ingredient list! (Definitely read that!) Ingredients: Water (Aqua), Glycerine, Almond...

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Another aside about Lush’s “fresh fruit purées” now that I have an ingredient list with INCI names…

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Sorry I had to take a break in the Lush duplications, but I finally received my American Pie solid body conditioner and an American Cream solid body wash, and had to address what I saw on the ingredient list they sent me. Point of Interest: The solid body wash is way too fragranced! I love...

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Updates updates updates!

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Hi everyone! You’ve probably noticed the posts just stopped this week. Sorry, things are going kerplooey around here at just the wrong time, and everything is coming to a screeching halt. The series on Lush products has stopped for the moment as I finally received my American Pie solid body lotion with INCI names, and … Read more

Preservatives: Let’s talk about hurdle technology and “self-preservation”

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Thanks for joining me for this aside on the idea of a product that contains water, like a lotion, can be “self-preserving”. There’s a post on Lush’s site – A beginners’ guide to self-preserving – that we’ll get to shortly, but first, we need to take a look at the idea of hurdle technology, “a term used...

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Working with Lysofix® and Lecigel®: The lab at In Cosmetics Global, write ups, and formulas

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I’m finally getting time to process all the things we saw and learned at In Cosmetics Global in Paris (April 2nd to 4th), and wow, did we experience a lot! On Wednesday, April 3rd (day two) we took in a lab with Lucas Meyer to make a lovely, natural, cold process lotion using their brand new...

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