Duplicating products: Boots Organic Rich Body Butter

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Merilyn e-mailed me to ask…I wonder if you can help me with this body butter. I whip butter after butter and I just can’t seem to get the same just whipped spreadable consistency…The specific item is called ‘ORGANIC Body Rich Body Butter’, it’s 81% certified Organic. It says it “Deeply nourishes hydrates and protects with Shea...

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Duplicating products: Giovanni 50:50 Balanced Hydrating-Calming Conditioner (part 2)

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In yesterday’s post, we took some time to look at the ingredient list for Giovanni 50:50 Balanced Hydrating-Calming Conditioner, but we didn’t create the recipe. So let’s take a look at a possible recipe for this product! I can’t find brassicamidopropyl betaine anywhere, so I’ll have to replace it with Incroquat BTMS-50 as the main conditioner....

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Getting to know INCI names

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If you want to formulate your own products – whether they’re duplicates or something you’ve cooked up in your head – you need to know INCI names so you can figure out what ingredient is what. The common name for an ingredient – evening primrose oil – is not the same as the INCI name...

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Duplicating products: What have we learned so far?

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I’m planning to continue with duplicating your suggestions tomorrow, but I thought we should take a moment to review what we’ve learned about formulating through duplicating commercial products! Here’s my suggested list of steps when duplicating products… Step 1: Get the complete ingredient list. You may refer to the bottle or you might have to...

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Duplicating products: Giovanni 50:50 Balanced Hydrating-Calming Conditioner

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In the duplicating products post, Gabrielle suggested the Giovanni 50:50 Balanced Hydrating-Calming Conditioner as a product we should consider! Let’s take a look at it! (And if you have any ideas, go to that post and make those suggestions!) Purified Water (Aqua): Our solvent. Cetyl Alcohol: A fatty alcohol that thickens and boosts the substantivity...

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