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Subscribers’ Q&A: Can we freeze oil soluble extracts or essential oils to prevent rancidity? 

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In the June Q&A, LY asked: I saw a post about freezing oils to keep them from going rancid. Can you also freeze oil soluble extracts without them losing their potency? In the same post, Amber asked: What about Essential Oils? The main reason to put anything in a fridge or freezer is to slow down the process...

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Potential duplication of L’Occitane Divine Youth Oil (part three)

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On Monday, we reviewed the ingredient list of this anhydrous facial serum. Yesterday, we reviewed the list to see what was important and how much of ingredient to use. Today, let’s see how we can create a potential formula. Okay, we have an idea of how we’ll make this duplication with all those oils, but...

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Potential duplication of L’Occitane Divine Youth Oil (part two)

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Yesterday, we reviewed the ingredient list for this anhydrous serum. The next step is to figure out what needs to be in here to make the product work and what’s there for label appeal. Ingredient list: Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride – Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil – Octyldodecanol – Coco-Caprylate/Caprate – Squalane – Borago Officinalis Seed Oil...

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Potential duplication of L’Occitane Divine Youth Oil (part one)

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When I was working on the potential duplication of L’Occitane Immortelle Divine Cream (part one), I noticed they suggested, “For best results, mix one drop of Immortelle Divine Youth Oil to a small amount of Immortelle Divine Cream before application to strengthen its benefits.” So they want you to mix in a drop of this oil...

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Members’ Q&A: Formulating an oil free moisturizer? And a huge aside on polarity and solubility

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In the April Q&A, Kelly asked: I’m looking through some of the prior ezines as I need to create an oil free body moisturizer. I’m planning to start fake baking, spray tanning! All recommendations point out that to get lasting results, and less streaking etc, that an oil free moisturizer is best suited. If you have...

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