Duplication of Beauticontrol Nutri-Rich Oil revisited, part one

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We’ve been struggling with this thickening clay for weeks and have experienced fail after fail, so let’s take a look at one if my must-have products that I’ve taken on holiday with me to England. Back in 2017, I created a potential duplication for Beauticontrol Nutri-Rich oil with apricot kernel oil for a young woman...

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#alltheingredients: TKB Thickening clay – part five, versions 3 & 4

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I’m doing my best to work with this new ingredient, TKB Trading’s Thickening Clay (INCI: Quaternium-90 Sepiolite (and) Quaternium-90 Montmorillonite). So far I’ve tried a few suggestions and formulas from TKB Trading that didn’t work out so well, and a formula that I tried mixing with high shear and with a toothpick. All of these attempts...

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Subscribers’ Exclusive: Introduction to chemistry course! 

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I’m so excited to share with you the new course I’ve created exclusively for the subscribers of this blog! Click here to learn more about the new introduction to chemistry course! Let’s start at the beginning by learning about atoms, ions, and molecules, and by the end of unit 8, you’ll have the basics down!...

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#alltheingredients: TKB Thickening clay – part four, version 2

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I’m doing my best to work with this new ingredient, TKB Trading’s Thickening Clay (INCI: Quaternium-90 Sepiolite (and) Quaternium-90 Montmorillonite). So far I tried a few suggestions and formulas from TKB Trading that didn’t work out so well, and yesterday, I tried a formula I found online, which separated over time. VERSION 2 It was...

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#alltheingredients: TKB Thickening clay – part three, version 1

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The suggestion and recipes shared by TKB Trading for this thickening clay didn’t work for me, so I thought I’d go on a quest for other formulas I could try at home to succeed with this ingredient. I found a formula that called for fractionated coconut oil and isopropyl myristate (IPM) as the oils with 3%...

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