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Jen W. suggested this product for duplication in this thread (which is where you can go to add your suggested product): Korres Milk Proteins 3 in 1 cleansing emulsion Ingredient list: Aqua (Water), Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Oil, Squalane, Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil, Glycerin, Macadamia Ternifolia Oil, Dicaprylyl Ether, Pentylene Glycol, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Olivoyl Hydrolysed...
In this post (where you can suggest a product for duplication), soapilyever after suggests: LUSH, a no rinse facial cleanser called 9 to 5. here are the ingredients: Water (Aqua), Almond Oil (Prunus dulcis), Stearic Acid, Fresh Dove Orchid Extract (Dendrobium), Everlasting Flower Absolute (Helichrysum stoechas), Ylang Ylang Absolute (Cananga Odorata), Triethanolamine, Cetearyl Alcohol, Perfume, Methylparaben, Propylparaben....
Merilyn e-mailed me to ask…I wonder if you can help me with this body butter. I whip butter after butter and I just can’t seem to get the same just whipped spreadable consistency…The specific item is called ‘ORGANIC Body Rich Body Butter’, it’s 81% certified Organic. It says it “Deeply nourishes hydrates and protects with Shea...
In yesterday’s post, we took some time to look at the ingredient list for Giovanni 50:50 Balanced Hydrating-Calming Conditioner, but we didn’t create the recipe. So let’s take a look at a possible recipe for this product! I can’t find brassicamidopropyl betaine anywhere, so I’ll have to replace it with Incroquat BTMS-50 as the main conditioner....
If you want to formulate your own products – whether they’re duplicates or something you’ve cooked up in your head – you need to know INCI names so you can figure out what ingredient is what. The common name for an ingredient – evening primrose oil – is not the same as the INCI name...