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Hey Innovation level subscribers! February 2025’s e-book is here: Formulating fun with hyaluronic acid: Toners, gels & gel creams!

September 30, 2025February 28, 2025 by SwiftCraftyMonkey

This month’s new e-book is here – Formulating fun with hyaluronic acid: Toners, gels & gel-creams! You’ll learn 26 formulas using hyaluronic acid, hyaluronic acid 4D, and cationic HA to create and customize awesome, super-quick, hydrating, active-filled products, then we’ll gel them with rheology modifiers and cold emulsifiers, like Aristoflex AVC, Sepimax ZEN, and Sepinov…

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