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This duplication has been a long time coming, and it’s huge for a number of reasons. One, there are many ingredients we’ve never discussed before, and two, it led me down a massive rabbit hole about clays, oils, and all kinds of chemistry. If you don’t want to read all of that, it’ll be quite...
As I mentioned, I have some new preservatives to share with you. Here’s the other one! From TKB Trading: “Cap 2 and Cap 5 are both broad spectrum preservatives. Cap 5 is more effective against yeast and mold since it contains sodium sorbate but its optimized pH range is 3-7. Cap 5 is soluble in...
I bought two preservatives from TKB Trading – Preservative Cap-2 and Preservative Cap-5 – as I really wanted to make a lip balm that contains water, and that means I need a preservative. My favourite one, liquid Germall Plus, isn’t suitable for oral or lip care products, so I had to find something new. Let’s take a...
Let’s play your favourite game and mine – What the hell is this? The rules are simple: Try to figure out what this is by reading the ingredient list and the “featured properties” information. Here’s the ingredient list! Filtered Water, Coconut Oil, Aloe Vera, Dead Sea salt, Acadian Sea Kelp, Citric Acid, Plant Glycerin •...
Way back in January, I shared with you this potential duplication for Saje Psoria Ease Healing Treatment Lotion. There were four parts to this series – analyzing the ingredient list, part one and part two, a prototype formula, then a modified formula – but I had to add a part five! I really liked that formula, which...