I’m sure by now you’re eager to include extracts in your products – if you haven’t already – and combining them can be a great way to get some awesome properties in your lotions and potions. But there is a warning about combining extracts, and that warning is “beware” (my apologies to Fry & Laurie...

Chrysanthemum extract can offer good burn and wound healing, so it can be used as a great ingredient in water based salves or ointments. We do not want to use comfrey root in this recipe – it can sting open wounds and cuts, so that’s generally a bad a idea! Let’s take a look at...

Orchids are not only beautiful, but apparently they can reduce the look of fine lines and wrinkles, behave as an anti-oxidant and humectant, moisturize, soothe, and condition our skin. The new big thing seems to be orchid extract, but the only information I can find in all my research is that it is considered awesome...