Duplicating products: Step one – What are my steps for duplicating a product?

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One of the more popular topics on my blog is duplicating products. There are so many reasons for this – saving money, eliminating ingredients we don’t want, making something discontinued, and so on – and it’s great fun to play with ingredients until we make something we love. As I’ll be posting quite a few...

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#alltheingredients: Euxyl PE 9010 (INCI: Phenoxyethanol (and) Ethylhexylglycerin) – broad spectrum preservative

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We first met this preservative in this post – Why did this lotion fail? part one – and I mentioned it again in the rose water & chamomile facial cleanser, so let’s take a look at what Euxyl PE 9010 is all about! This preservative – INCI: Phenoxyethanol (and) Ethylhexylglycerin – can be used at 0.5%...

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How do I choose which products to duplicate?

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When I started on Patreon in July 2016, I figured I’d be able to get to all the duplications you send me, but I get so many every month, it would take every waking moment to make them and then more, so I take the time to consider each one you suggest. When someone posts...

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Discussion: How do you get your splurge on?

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Over the last year, I’ve gone on a few spending sprees and at least one jag – never a good idea when I’m full of muscle relaxants and codeine, but at least I get to formulate with new things, right? – and I find myself in possession of at least 400 new ingredients. Some of...

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Member exclusive: Cromollient SCE micellar water

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Cromollient SCE is a bit different than the solubilizers we’ve been playing with over the last few days in that it’s an emollient that offers moisturizing after application on our skin, which is simply lovely! We can make a really nice one using as little as 2% or increase it as high as 5% for...

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