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One ingredient, five products: Gels – making a gelled toner (part two)

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On Friday we took a look at a new product, a gelled toner, and figured we could make one at home using carbomers. The big difference between making a regular, liquid toner and a gelled toner will be eliminating stickier ingredients because we won’t be removing it from our skin. What kinds of things would...

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One ingredient, five products: Cucumber extract in a more complicated toner

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Cucumber extract is one of those ingredients that just sounds cooling and soothing and moisturizing, and it can provide all of that and more in our products. In our toners, cucumber extract behaves as an astringent, which is great for normal to oily skin, and as an emollient, which is great for all skin types....

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One ingredient, five products: Cucumber extract in a toner

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Cucumber extract is a great addition to a toner as it behaves as an emollient and hydrator to our products. It can behave as an astringent ingredient, so it’s great for oily skin, and it offers moisturizing through those polysaccharides, so it can be great for dry skin as well. You can make an awesome...

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Making a cooling spray – part 3 (updated)

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Thanks for joining me for part three of making a cooling spray! On Monday (part one), we took a look at some liquids we might use and on Tuesday (part two), we took a look at adding humectants. Let’s put the recipe together now! COOLING SPRAY WITH MODIFICATIONS TO MAKE IT LESS STICKY AND MINTY...

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Making a cooling spray – part 2 (updated)

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Yesterday we took a look at reinventing the cooling spray with some new ingredients. Today, we’ll continue that adventure by looking at some of the other hydrosols or liquids we might include. Witch hazel is always something I consider when I’m looking for cooling. We use it a lot for its astringency, but it has...

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