Botanical

#alltheingredients: Borage extract (INCI: Glycerin (and) Water (and) Borago Officinalis (Borage Herb) (and) Sodium Benzoate (and) Potassium Sorbate)

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I can’t believe I haven’t shared my love for this extract with you yet! Let’s take a look at borage extract (INCI: Glycerin (and) Water (and) Borago Officinalis (Borage Herb) (and) Sodium Benzoate (and) Potassium Sorbate), a water soluble liquid botanical extract we can add to our products at 0.5% to 5% in the cool down...

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#alltheingredients: Ginger root extract (liquid, water soluble)

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Ginger root extract (Zingiber officinale (ginger) root extract) is a botanical extract that can be used as an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and anti-oxidant that works to reduce lipid peroxidation and reduce superoxide production. It’s considered to be a soothing ingredient for irritated skin that can reduce redness, so it’s suggested for all skin types, but especially...

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Zoom workshop on Sunday, August 9th at 11 am PDT – Botanical extracts – meeting link, password, and formula handout

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Join me tomorrow for a live Zoom workshop in which we’ll be taking a look some of my favourite powdered, water soluble, and oil soluble extracts, like white willow bark, grapeseed, green tea, carob seed, bamboo, and so many more, then we’ll create a conditioner and a foaming facial product that we can customize to...

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Summer products: 10 minute summer lotion with ViscOptima SE, part three – botanical extracts

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Welcome back to this series, Let’s make and modify products for summer! In the first part of this modification of the 10 minute strawberry & honey parfait with ViscOptima SE, we added some humectants, allantoin as an occlusive, and altered the oils a little bit. I shared our base formula with some modifications, which we’ll build...

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Summer products: 10 minute summer lotion with ViscOptima SE, part two – hydrosols, floral waters & fruit essences

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Welcome back to this series, Let’s make and modify products for summer! In the first part of this modification of the 10 minute strawberry & honey parfait with ViscOptima SE, we added some humectants, allantoin as an occlusive, and altered the oils a little bit. I shared our base formula with some modifications, which we’ll build...

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