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#alltheingredients: NatraColl™ (INCI: Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Rice Amino Acids, Hydrolyzed Adansonia Digitata Seed Extract, L-Proline) – facial & skin active

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Let’s take a look at this nifty new ingredient, NatraColl™, I found at Lotioncrafter (INCI: Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Rice Amino Acids, Hydrolyzed Adansonia Digitata Seed Extract, L-Proline). It’s a plant-based alternative to hydrolyzed collagen, which can be animal derived, which has a similar amino acid composition. It’s derived from sustainable sources, like soy, rice, and baobab....

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Creating a super-cooling hydrating glacial facial gel with Fision® Hydrate and Ceramide Complex (part two, the formula)

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Welcome back! Today, we’re looking at the formula for a super-cooling, hydrating, glacial facial gel with Fision® Hydrate and Ceramide Complex! We took a look at the ingredients we’re using and chose our preservatives thanks to the huge preservative comparison chart yesterday – click here for part one of this two part series – so...

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Creating a super-cooling hydrating glacial facial gel with Fision® Hydrate and Ceramide Complex (part one, the ingredients)

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I absolutely love using gels to create interesting new facial products that don’t contain a ton of oils that I can use on its own at the end of a very long mask-wearing day on its own or as part of a facial, eye, or “monkey line” sheet mask to soothe my very angry, rosacea-prone...

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#alltheingredients: Plant Keratin (aka VegeKeratin) – hydrolyzed protein, hair active

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Plant Keratin, sometimes called VegeKeratin, (INCI:  Wheat Amino Acids, Soy Amino Acids, Arginine HCI, Serine, Threonine) is a plant-based combination amino acids for hair and skin products to increase hydration and condition. What does this do? It claims it can increase hair strength, increase hair elasticity, reduce breakage, reduce wet and dry combing forces, reduce...

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#alltheingredients: NatraSmooth™ (facial & hair active, hydrating)

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I found this ingredient at Lotioncrafter, NatraSmooth™ (INCI: Water, Tremella Fuciformis Sporocarp (Snow Mushroom) Extract, Betaine, Glycerin), a nicely gelled liquid derived from snow mushroom (also called silver ear mushroom) as an anti-oxidant that works as an amazing humectant and skin and hair conditioner. It binds water to the skin and hair to work as...

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