Anhydrous

Potential duplication of L’Occitane Divine Youth Oil (part one)

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When I was working on the potential duplication of L’Occitane Immortelle Divine Cream (part one), I noticed they suggested, “For best results, mix one drop of Immortelle Divine Youth Oil to a small amount of Immortelle Divine Cream before application to strengthen its benefits.” So they want you to mix in a drop of this oil...

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Formulating on a budget: Using cucumber in our products

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This is why I love comments from you, my lovely readers! In this post on cucumber hydrosol, Allison noted: This sounds absolutely lovely, but $7.85/ounce for hydrosol?!?! Wow….it is times like these that I sometimes think that I have chosen the wrong hobby, especially given my limited means…. 🙁 We have definitely chosen a more expensive...

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Some thoughts on what you could do for a cucumber body butter – anhydrous whipped butters

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Let’s say the horrible recipe we met Saturday for a homemade cucumber body butter sounded appealing to you, but you don’t want it to separate or become contaminated in a few days, what could you do? If you wanted to make an anhydrous or non-water containing whipped butter with just oils and butters, you could use...

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Members’ Q&A: Adding slip and glide to lotion bars?

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In the April Q&A, Gabriella asked: I’m trying to make a lotion bar; however, the product doesn’t glide on smooth like a lip balm would. It bunches in my skin (like in the picture) and the product goes on the side of my container tube making it messy to put the cap on. Should I increase...

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Members’ Q&A: Formulating a dry oil spray?

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In the April Q&A, Laura asked: I’m wondering if there is a recipe on the site anywhere for a dry oil spray or if it’s simply Cyclomethicone with some fragrance oil in it? I did try searching but my words ‘dry oil’ only turn up things for dry skin, I can’t find an actual recipe so...

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