Q&A: Can we use more than one active in a facial moisturizer?

A collage of four photos. The upper left is of a beaker with a creamy moisturizer in it with a green spoon. The upper right is of a bottle with brown liquid and a cup with brown liquid on a metal scale. The liquid is Fision® Wrinkle Fix. The lower left photo is of Fision® Glow Plex, a bottle and a cup with light brown clear liquid sit on a metal plate on a digital scale. The lower right photo is of Fision® Instant Lift, a clear brown liquid in a plastic shot glass sitting on a brown shelf in front of beakers.

In the monthly Q&A, Katherine asked, For the Facial Moisturizer you made during the Zoom workshop February 8th, do you ever add more than one active? For example, instead of 3% Fision Wrinkle Fix, could you add 1.5% Fision® Wrinkle Fix and 1.5% of the Fision Instant Lift or 1.5% Fision GlowPlex? Or is it...

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#alltheingredients: Fision® Instant Lift (INCI: Water, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Acacia Senegal Gum, Xanthan Gum) – active, cosmeceutical for making skin feel “lifted”

If you’ve seen ads for products that promise to firm and lift your skin instantly when you use them, they’re probably using this ingredient or Pepha-Tight®️ CB. As it dries, it creates it creates a film that tightens to make skin appear smoother. The hydrolyzed soy protein hydrates skin by forming a film, too. Because...

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Creating an Age-Defying Sheet Mask with peptides with Natalie Skiller – part seven, more peptide comparison charts! 

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Woo hoo! Welcome to the last post of an awesome series from the always amazing Natalie Skiller, known as the awesome formulator for Sweet Little Crumb (Facebook, Instagram, and her new Patreon, This Formulating Life!). In this one, she’s teaching you how to make an awesome Age-Defying Sheet Mask with peptides and other gorgeous actives!...

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Creating an Age-Defying Sheet Mask with peptides with Natalie Skiller – part six, where to find peptides! 

A diagram of how to build a protein

Woo hoo! Another series of posts from the always amazing Natalie Skiller, known as the awesome formulator for Sweet Little Crumb (Facebook, Instagram, and her new Patreon, This Formulating Life!). In this one, she’s teaching you how to make an awesome Age-Defying Sheet Mask with peptides and other gorgeous actives! Love Natalie’s work? Check out...

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Creating an Age-Defying Sheet Mask with peptides with Natalie Skiller – part two: Fan-freakin’-tastic peptide charts!

A diagram of how to build a protein

Woo hoo! Another series of posts from the always amazing Natalie Skiller, known as the awesome formulator for Sweet Little Crumb (Facebook, Instagram, and her new Patreon, This Formulating Life!). In this one, she’s teaching you how to make an awesome Age-Defying Sheet Mask with peptides and other gorgeous actives! Love Natalie’s work? Check out...

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