oils

What ingredients should you buy if you’re starting out? Anhydrous products!

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Someone – sorry, can’t remember who – suggested I write some posts about what to buy when you’re starting out. This is a very big question, and it depends upon the product you’re making. Let’s take a look at anhydrous products.  Anhydrous means “without water”, so anhydrous products are ones we make with oil soluble...

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Oils: Baobab oil

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I admit that I’m a bit of an oil junkie. When I see a new one at Voyageur Soap & Candle, I have to buy it and try it in my products. This week’s new purchase is baobab seed oil (INCI: Adansonia digitata (Baobab) Seed Oil). This cold pressed oil is compared to avocado oil,...

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Ingredient: Watermelon seed oil

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Watermelon seed oil (INCI Citrullus lanatus (watermelon) seed oil) is a pale yellow, light to medium weight, slightly greasy feeling oil that comes from the watermelon seed. The version I have is cold expeller pressed, but you can find solvent extracted versions. It contains 11% palmitic acid (C16), 10% stearic acid (C18:0), 15% oleic acid...

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One ingredient, ten products: Sunflower oil – the summary

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What have we learned over the last little while about using sunflower oil in our products? We’ve learned that sunflower oil contains linoleic acid, which helps repair skin’s barrier mechanisms and helps prevent transepidermal water loss (TEWL); oleic acid, which softens and moisturizes skin; and phytosterols, which reduce inflammation and itching as well as TEWL.We’ve learned sunflower oil feels light...

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One ingredient, ten products: Sunflower oil in solid perfume

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As we saw on Friday, sunflower oil is a great addition to a lip balm. And it’s a great addition to a solid perfume because it offers no odour and is light in colour and skin feel. Solid perfumes are very basic in nature because the main goal is to keep them solid in all...

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