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Woo hoo! I’ve been featured on Atomic Pom Labs’ site for my piece on isopropyl myristate (IPM), an article designed for aestheticians and other beauty experts who might not like the ingredient for some reason. Definitely follow Annie on Instagram as Atomic Pom Labs as she has loads to share about the beauty industry, manufacturing, … Read more
Welcome to part eight of this series on learning chemistry! In part one, we looked at the resources and materials we need to study chemistry. In part two, we learned the parts of an atom – protons, neutrons, and electrons! In part three, we learned about ions and valence shells. In part four, we learned...
Hi, everyone! Hope you’re doing well. That’s what happened to us yesterday. We were rear ended pretty badly on our way home from a lovely hike. It looks like the car will be a write off – it’s so much worse then it looks – and there’s a bunch of stuff we have to do … Read more
I really loved this shampoo I made in 2023 – Creating a blueberry, carob, yucca & cornsilk conditioning shampoo for oily hair – so I thought I’d make it again with some other botanical extracts as well as this gorgeous hair active, Fision® HydraTress (INCI: Water, Panthenol, Hydrolyzed Quinoa, Glycerin, Pisum Sativum (Pea) Seed Extract,...
We find these polyphenols in all kinds of botanical extracts, like bilberry, cranberry, blueberry, black currant, and anything that has a lovely red-purple colour in acidic products. Anthocyanidins! Anthocyanidins are naturally hydrophilic or water loving flavonoids that give the extracts its gorgeous colour and anti-oxidizing and free radical scavenging properties. They work as anti-microbials, anti-inflammatories,...