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Join me today as we take a look at Tropical fruit blend OS, an oil soluble combination of 4% each coconut, kakadu plum, passionfruit, blueberry, and banana in sunflower oil (80%) – INCI: Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil & Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract & Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract & Passiflora Incarnata Fruit Extract &...
Over the last few days, we’ve learned that the isopropyl esters are light, fast spreading, non-greasy, and silky, and they can be used with emulsified or anhydrous (without water) products. One of the easiest ways to see how isopropyl myristate (IPM) feels on your skin is to make a simple anhydrous formula and substitute it...
Sorry I had to take a break in the Lush duplications, but I finally received my American Pie solid body conditioner and an American Cream solid body wash, and had to address what I saw on the ingredient list they sent me. Point of Interest: The solid body wash is way too fragranced! I love...
Welcome back to this duplication of Lush’s Little Pot of Energy solid lotion bar! We’ve been working on this for a few days now. Here are the posts so far in this series… Where to start duplicating Lush’s American Pie Solid Body Conditioner? Part one Where to start duplicating Lush’s American Pie Solid Body Conditioner?...
As I mentioned in part two of this series, I couldn’t find an American Pie Solid Body Conditioner when I was in the UK, so I bought a Little Pot of Energy Naked Body Lotion to see if I could duplicate that one until I could find the appropriate bar. Check out this series so...