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#alltheingredients: Fision® Hydrate (INCI: Water, sodium PCA, wheat amino acids, panthenol, glycerin, sodium hyaluronate, Hydroxyproline) – skin care active

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Let’s meet one of my new and favourite humectants – ingredients that hydrate the skin by attracting water – Fision® Hydrate (INCI: Water, sodium PCA, wheat amino acids, panthenol, glycerin, sodium hyaluronate, hydroxyproline). What does this lovely, water soluble band of merry humectants claim it can do? It can restore hydration and draw water to the...

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#alltheingredients: Sepilift® DPHP (INCI: Dipalmitoyl hydroxyproline) – facial and lip care active

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As I wanted to work on making some moisturizers in our Newbie Tuesday beginners’ lotion making series/course and Formulating Friday more advanced lotion making series/course, I thought we could take a look at some actives or cosmeceuticals we can use in facial products for all kinds of different reasons. Today, let’s take a look at...

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#alltheingredients: Hyaluronic acid, Oleo-Ha (oil soluble humectant, active for skin and lips)

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Jen from Lotioncrafter very kindly sent me a sample of this oil soluble hyaluronic acid (INCI: Sodium hyaluronate, hydrogenated castor oil, castor seed oil), which I tried in my new modification of what I’m calling Grey’s Heady Harvest anhydrous balm with Oleo-HA because it’s full of so many gorgeous oils and vitamins,  so let’s take...

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Check what you have: Dry-Flo AF (INCI: Corn Starch Modified) and Dry-Flo TS (INCI: Tapioca Starch (and) Polymethylsilsesquioxane) – updated February 13, 2021

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In this post, Heela wrote to me to say: I have been trying to look for directions on how to use Dry-Flo TS in lotion to get rid of that “greasy” feeling. I read on your blog that you add it to the water phase. My lotions were coming out a bit weird and I went...

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#alltheingredients: Bee pollen extract (liquid, water soluble)

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Bee pollen extract, water soluble (INCI: Glycerin (and) Water (and) Pollen Extract (and) Sodium Benzoate (and) Potassium Sorbate) has a number of uses in our products as it works as a skin soothing ingredient that works as an anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, mild astringent, skin protectant, emollient, skin protector, and sebum reducer. Wow! Let’s take a look...

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