Subscriber exclusive: Potential duplication for Lush’s Ocean Salt exfoliating scrub (part two, prototype recipe)

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  Yesterday we took a look at the ingredients for Lush’s Ocean Salt face & body scrub. Today, let’s create a prototype formula.Fine Sea Salt (Sodium Chloride), Fresh Grapefruit Infusion (Citrus Paradisi), Coarse Sea Salt (Sodium Chloride), Stearic Acid, Fresh Organic Lime Extracted in Vodka (Citrus aurantifolia), Sodium Cocoamphoacetate, Glycol Cetearate, Triethanolamine, Avocado Butter (Persea...

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Question from Patreon: How to use alcohol in a lotion? (part one)

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On my Patreon feed page, Albert asked: If I wanted to make an after shave balm which includes some alcohol in it, my questions are: 1. In which of the 3 phases (water, oil, cool down) should I add it?2. In terms or ratios, does the alcohol count as part of the water or the oil...

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Subscriber exclusive: Potential duplication of Lush’s Ocean Salt face and body scrub (part one)

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  As we wind down this month of duplicating Lush products, let’s take a look at the Ocean Salt face & body exfoliating scrub* as suggested by Earl in July’s duplicating post.First step is always to get the ingredient list. As I mentioned previously, unfortunately, Lush doesn’t include the INCI names on their websites, so...

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Subscriber exclusives: Potential duplication of Lush’s Godiva shampoo bar (part two)

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Yesterday, we took a look at the ingredient list for this product. Today, we’ll take a look at a potential formula.Eep, I’m a bit of a scatter brain right now. This was supposed to show up the other day, and I just noticed I filed it to “drafts” and not “schedule”.  We’ll start with sodium...

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Lush’s main emulsifier: Stearic acid and triethanolamine

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One of the companies I’m asked most about is Lush, and their products are the most requested duplications on my Patreon subscription page. (This month I duplicated the Tea Tree Water Toner, the Jumping Juniper shampoo bar, the Godiva shampoo bar, and the Ocean Salt, which appears tomorrow.) I know the most visited duplication on this...

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