Duplicating products: 4A – Figuring how where the 1% or lower line might be

This is a pretty important step, so I thought I should add a bit more about this part of the duplicating process. The 1% or lower line is where the ingredients that are used at less than 1% or located. (Seems obvious, eh?) It doesn’t have to be in any particular order, just that everything...

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Duplicating products: Step five – create a starting formula in percentages

DUPLICATING PRODUCTS IN SIX STEPS 1. Get the complete ingredient list. 2. Look at what each ingredient brings to the product. 3. Figure out what’s really important and what’s there for label appeal. 4. Figure out how much of each ingredient to use. 5. Create a starting formula in percentages. 6. Make the formula, then...

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Duplicating Products: Step four – Figure out how much of each ingredient to use

DUPLICATING PRODUCTS IN SIX STEPS 1. Get the complete ingredient list. 2. Look at what each ingredient brings to the product. 3. Figure out what’s really important and what’s there for label appeal. 4. Figure out how much of each ingredient to use. 5. Create a starting recipe in percentages. 6. Make the recipe, then...

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My duplicating process – overview

I’ve had this post on the Patreon site since I started it in July 2016, but I thought it was time to bring it over to the new blog! What are the steps for learning how to duplicate a product? 1. Obtain a complete ingredient list, preferably with INCI names. 2. Look at what each...

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Duplicating Products: Step three – Figure out what’s really important

In the earlier post, we looked at the ingredient lists and what each ingredient might bring to the product. Today, we’ll take a look to see what’s really important to make the product work. DUPLICATING PRODUCTS IN SIX STEPS 1. Get the complete ingredient list. 2. Look at what each ingredient brings to the product....

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