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Subscribers’ exclusive: Why do commercial products use several different preservatives?

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In the July Q&A, After doing ingredient studies on some of my favorite high end organic products (Tata Harper, Eminence, Tracie Martin), I’m finding that, more often than not, several different emulsifiers, thickeners and preservatives are used in the same formulation. This mystifies me! Why don’t they pick one? I understand using several different humectants, emollients,...

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Subscribers’ exclusive: Why do commercial products use several different emulsifiers and thickeners?

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In the July Q&A, After doing ingredient studies on some of my favorite high end organic products (Tata Harper, Eminence, Tracie Martin), I’m finding that, more often than not, several different emulsifiers, thickeners and preservatives are used in the same formulation. This mystifies me! Why don’t they pick one? I understand using several different humectants, emollients,...

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Potential duplication of Lala Retro™ Whipped Cream by Drunk Elephant (part seven – Phytomulse version)

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The moment you’ve all been waiting for – a potential formula for this product! Woo! Let’s start with a version using Phytomulse as the emulsifier. I’m presenting you with three versions here – the first is one with Sepimax ZEN as the thickener, the second with xanthan gum, and the third without the stearic acid,...

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Potential duplication of Lala Retro™ Whipped Cream by Drunk Elephant (part six)

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I think this will be the longest duplication by far! We’ve been reviewing the ingredient list for this product over the last few days – part one, part two, and part three – and we started reviewing how much of each ingredient we might use before stopping for a minute to consider potential ingredient combinations to...

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Potential duplication of Lala Retro™ Whipped Cream by Drunk Elephant (part five)

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I think this will be the longest duplication by far! We’ve been reviewing the ingredient list for this product over the last few days – part one, part two, and part three – and we started reviewing how much of each ingredient we might use yesterday, so let’s keep going with that review. Ingredients: Water/Aqua/Eau, Glycerin,...

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