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Oh my gosh! It’s here! The day on which we start making a facial cleanser. Are you as excited as I am for this? Woo! We’ll be taking a look at the process of creating a foaming facial cleanser over the next few days – so it’s really not a Tuesday only thing for this...
Sorry for the delay in posting the ingredients you’ll want to get for the first few projects for our Newbie Tuesday facial products series. The plan is to make these products… Facial cleanser Foaming facial cleanser Exfoliating facial cleanser Micellar water Toner And three gels – a gelled toner, serum, and an eye gel We’ll...
Today we’ll take a look at the last of my Aristoflex AVC lotions – okay, the last for a bit because I’m in love with this emulsifier, and you’ll definitely see more in the future. I’m using many of the same ingredients as my previous lotions with this emulsifier, so I’ll refer you to the...
Before I took my break, we were having fun formulating with Aristoflex AVC, a new emulsifier we can work with cold to make light lotions! This recipe would be suitable for a light body milk or facial moisturizer. It is very light, and spreads very well without leaving behind a greasy look or white soaping...
I don’t know if you noticed, but I seem to be having a torrid love affair with this new emulsifier, Aristoflex AVC, which can create lotions and gels cold! N-acetyl glucosamine (NAG) It is a bio-identical ingredient that can reduce hyperpigmentation in the skin, and has been shown to work well when combined with niacinamide. It...