Anhydrous

Why did I buy that again? Cera bellina – a gel with shea butter

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I’m still experimenting with cera bellina, and I thought I’d try this recipe I found on the translated site of the Aroma Zone and I thought I’d try it. It goes like this…. AROMA ZONE RECIPE – SHEA BUTTER & OIL WITH CERA BELLINA10% shea butter13% cera bellina76.50% macadamia nut oil0.5% fragrance oil I decided...

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Question: How do you know how and what to substitute?

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I get a lot of e-mails asking me to natural up my products, and I thought I’d go over how we can figure out what each ingredient brings to the party so you can make substitutions with the ingredients you prefer. Let’s try an easy one first – my favourite emulsified sugar scrub with Ritamulse...

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Question: How do I come up with recipes?

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I originally thought I’d missed this very interesting question from Always.Looking.4.1.More in this post, but it turns out that I’ve already written about it. But it’s such a neat idea, I thought I’d use it as a starting point to get you interested in coming up with your own basic recipes! I wonder how you...

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Formulating for dry skin: Making an emulsified scrub

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If I were to make a sugar scrub for dry skin, which ingredients would I want to include? Occlusives, emollients, and humectants! But an emulsifier scrub is an anhydrous product, so it’s hard to include things like glycerin or sodium lactate as they will come out of the product and make a mess. So what can...

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Essential oils: Eucalytpus in anhydrous products

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I love to use eucalyptus in a number of different products – let take a look at some anhydrous products that might be awesome with the inclusion of this essential oil. Remember that we don’t want to go over 1.12% – so stick with 1% – and we’ll add the eucalyptus in the cool down...

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