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I’ve been agonizing over this post for a few days now over this recipe because my original recipe adds up to 105 grams, so if I add 50 grams of water and 0.25 grams of preservative, the grand total of the product will be 155.75. So I could just leave the recipe as is and...
Thanks to everyone who entered their recipes for consideration for this contest! (The previous post can be found here.) The winner is…well, no one. No one tried to duplicate this. I’m hoping the reason I didn’t get any submissions was due to all that formulating you’re doing in the workshop or because this product wasn’t...
Sonja suggested that we take a look at Lush’s Dream Cream as a possible product to duplicate, so let’s review the ingredients. As usual, click on the links to read posts on those ingredients. Before you go any further, I’ve created a new version of this formula using a stearic acid-triethanolamine emulsifier like the one...
Rebecca suggested in the duplicating post that we take a look at Jurlique’s Rose Hand Cream. (If you’d like to make a suggestion for a possible product we could duplicate, click on the link and make a comment. Please ensure you have include an ingredient list and a link to the product!) Before we continue...
I’ve already broken down the ingredients for the Hope in a Jar in this post, but I’ll repeat it here with an eye to duplicating it. As a note, this is the Hope in a Jar product, not one of the variations (click here for the Sephora link). And as a note, I don’t see...