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Here are a few of my favourite lotion formulas!

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If your hands are anything like mine, they’re parched from all the hand washing and sanitizing. I use the mildest surfactants I can find at the lowest effective percentages combined with all kinds of wonderful emollients and conditioners, but even still they feel so cracked and sore. To prevent all kinds of dry skin, here...

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Subscribers’ exclusive: Improving radiance and brightening skin: Ingredients to reduce hyperpigmentation (part one)

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We’ve spent the last week looking at various ways we can “improve radiance” and “brighten skin”. On Monday, we took a look at using hydrating and moisturizing ingredients to increase hydration and reduce dryness. On Wednesday, we created a hand & body lotion for more humid climates, and Thursday, we created one for more arid...

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Subscribers’ exclusive: Improving radiance and brightening skin: ECOcert facial moisturizer with Varisoft EQ65

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One of my favourite new ingredients is Varisoft EQ 65 (INCI: Distearoylethyl dimonium chloride (and) cetearyl alcohol). It’s a green, readily biodegradable, and ECOcert positively charged or cationic compound that works as an emulsifier for lotions and conditioners for your hair. It has to have the pH reduced to 5 to be positive or cationic, so...

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Subscribers’ exclusive: Improving radiance and brightening skin: Hydrating lotions for less humid climates

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On Monday, we started this series – What does it mean if something “improves radiance” or “brightens skin”? – by looking at how we can use humectants and moisturizing ingredients to decrease skin dryness and increase skin hydration. Yesterday, we made a hydrating hand & body lotion for more humid climates in which we added a...

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Subscribers’ exclusive: Improving radiance and brightening skin: Hydrating lotions for more humid climates

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On Monday, we took a look at how we can use hydrating and moisturizing ingredients to make skin look smoother and more hydrated, then we met Lipomoist 2036. Let’s take a look at how we can create lovely formulas that will help with dry skin and more. Making skin look smoother and more hydrated isn’t...

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