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You can tweak this eye cream recipe with any oils you like. I chose macadamia nut and arnica oils because they offered some great qualities, but you might have other preferences. Let’s take a look at some of the oils we might consider using in this recipe! Visit part one of this post to see why...
Although I’m pleased as punch with my version of an eye cream with Ritamulse SCG, I get that you might have other ingredients or other requirements of the product. So let’s take a look at some tweaks we could make in this product! If you want to start at the beginning of this product creation,...
As I mentioned in yesterday’s eye cream post, I wanted to use an ingredient from the Formulator Sample Shop called Revital-Eyes (INCI: Water and Lactobacillus Ferment Lysate Filtrate, Camiellia sinensis leaf Ferment Filtrate, Punica granatum Ferment Filtrate, Caffeine Ferment Lystate Filtrate). I was intrigued by the various components in this ingredient and thought I’d take...
Wow, this eye cream is taking a while to create, eh? But good things come to those of us who wait…Click here to see part one (heated oil phase) and part two (heated water phase) if you want to follow along. I thought we’d take a look at some cosmeceuticals we could use in our...
I like to think I run an evidence based blog here, and recently the idea of what constitutes evidence has been questioned. Let’s take a look at what I mean. Judge: Mr. Hutz. Do you have any evidence?Lionel Hutz: I have conjecture and hearsay. Those are kinds of evidence. When I say evidence, I mean...