Botanical

Polyphenols: Anthocyanidins & anthocyanins – hydrophilic flavonoids!

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A four panel collage of anthocyanidins and anthocyanins represented by liquid extracts of blueberry, black currant, and cranberry.

We find these polyphenols in all kinds of botanical extracts, like bilberry, cranberry, blueberry, black currant, and anything that has a lovely red-purple colour in acidic products. Anthocyanidins!  Anthocyanidins are naturally hydrophilic or water loving flavonoids that give the extracts its gorgeous colour and anti-oxidizing and free radical scavenging properties. They work as anti-microbials, anti-inflammatories,...

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Tips & techniques: Why I recommend weighing all your ingredients directly into the same beaker (when possible)!

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A collage of two photos and the title “Why I recommend adding all the ingredients to the same beaker!” There are two photos of the same beaker: One with about 25 ml of purple liquid, the other with around 4 ml of the same liquid

You’ve probably noticed I encourage you to measure everything you can into the same container when you’re formulating, including the cool down phase full of product protecting ingredients, like preservatives or anti-oxidants, and this is why! Into a 50 ml (1.69 fluid ounces) beaker, I measured the botanical extracts for a 300 gram batch of...

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#alltheingredients: Sea buckthorn extract (liquid, water soluble) – botanical extracts you will love 

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We first used this botanical extract – Sea buckthorn extract (INCI:  Glycerin (and) Water (and) Hippophae Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn) Fruit Extract (and) Citric Acid (and) Sodium Benzoate (and) Potassium Sorbate), the water soluble portion of the sea buckthorn fruit from which we get sea buckthorn oil– back in March 2024 when we met a formula...

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Modifying the winter hair & scalp spray: Let’s make a dry hair & scalp hydrating conditioner (part two) – choosing other preservatives with formula 

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Let’s modify the gorgeous winter hair & scalp hydrating spray full of botanicals and actives to be a lovely dry hair & scalp hydrating conditioner with different preservatives! Click here for part one of this series! You can find the original series in which we made a hydrating winter skin & scalp spray with loads of...

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Modifying the winter hair & scalp spray: Let’s make a dry hair & scalp hydrating conditioner (part one) – adding a conditioner with formula

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Let’s modify the gorgeous winter hair & scalp hydrating spray full of botanicals and actives to be a lovely dry hair & scalp hydrating conditioner! Links to the original series… You can find the original series in which we made a hydrating winter skin & scalp spray with loads of botanicals & actives, which can be...

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