“The Neck’s Best Thing (Lifting & Firming for the Chic Hen)” – part one, selecting the actives, vitamins, humectants, film forming & tightening agents! 

The neck’s best thing collage of two lotions. Version one and version two.

Natalie Skiller, known as the awesome formulator for Sweet Little Crumb (Facebook, Instagram, and her new Patreon, This Formulating Life!) has very generously shared two amazingly-named formulas for a gorgeous, luxurious neck cream with all kinds of actives and cosmeceuticals to make you look your most awesome! Today, in part one, she’s selecting the actives,...

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Actives & cosmeceuticals you will love: Pepha-Tight®️ CB – tightens skin, reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles

It’s accidentally all actives April around here, so let’s take a look at another awesome facial active ingredient – Pepha-Tight®️ CB (INCI: Nannochloropsis Oculata Extract (and) Pullulan (and) Pentylene Glycol (and) Citric Acid (and) Aqua)  As a note, we met Pepha-Tight (INCI: Algae extract from Nannochloropsis oculata and pullulan) years ago. I believe it’s the...

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Foamy, bubbly, lathery™ fun: Making botanical extract filled shampoo, facial cleanser, or body wash (part five) – finalizing the formula without so many extracts!

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I really loved this shampoo I made in 2023 – Creating a blueberry, carob, yucca & cornsilk conditioning shampoo for oily hair – so I thought I’d make it again with some other botanical extracts as well as this gorgeous hair active, Fision® HydraTress (INCI: Water, Panthenol, Hydrolyzed Quinoa, Glycerin, Pisum Sativum (Pea) Seed Extract,...

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Foamy, bubbly, lathery™ fun: Making botanical extract filled shampoo, facial cleanser, or body wash (part four) – adding too many solvents by accident! 

A bottle with a silver pump sits on a white counter in a bathroom. The bottle contains a red- purple liquid, a body wash with too many extracts.

I really loved this shampoo I made in 2023 – Creating a blueberry, carob, yucca & cornsilk conditioning shampoo for oily hair – so I thought I’d make it again with some other botanical extracts as well as this gorgeous hair active, Fision® HydraTress (INCI: Water, Panthenol, Hydrolyzed Quinoa, Glycerin, Pisum Sativum (Pea) Seed Extract,...

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Foamy, bubbly, lathery™ fun: Making botanical extract filled shampoo, facial cleanser, or body wash (part three) – adding more botanical extracts!

A dark red liquid foaming facial cleanser in a foamer bottle with dragon's blood extract in a bottle on one side, bilberry extract on the other. They're all on top of a scale.

I really loved this shampoo I made in 2023 – Creating a blueberry, carob, yucca & cornsilk conditioning shampoo for oily hair – so I thought I’d make it again with some other botanical extracts as well as this gorgeous hair active, Fision® HydraTress (INCI: Water, Panthenol, Hydrolyzed Quinoa, Glycerin, Pisum Sativum (Pea) Seed Extract,...

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