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Duplicating products: What have we learned so far?

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I’m planning to continue with duplicating your suggestions tomorrow, but I thought we should take a moment to review what we’ve learned about formulating through duplicating commercial products! Here’s my suggested list of steps when duplicating products… Step 1: Get the complete ingredient list. You may refer to the bottle or you might have to...

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Duplicating products: Giovanni 50:50 Balanced Hydrating-Calming Conditioner

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In the duplicating products post, Gabrielle suggested the Giovanni 50:50 Balanced Hydrating-Calming Conditioner as a product we should consider! Let’s take a look at it! (And if you have any ideas, go to that post and make those suggestions!) Purified Water (Aqua): Our solvent. Cetyl Alcohol: A fatty alcohol that thickens and boosts the substantivity...

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Duplicating products: Aveda’s Be Curly Shampoo

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Ellbie suggested we take a look at Aveda’s Be Curly Shampoo. (If you have a suggestion for a product we could duplicate, mention it in this post!) Here’s the list of ingredients: Aqueous (water/aqua/eau) Extract/Extrait Aqueux, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf, Sodium Coco/Babassu Sulfate, Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate, Babassuamidopropyl Betaine, Glycol Distearate, Galactoarabinan, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hydrolyzed...

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Duplicating products: Kiehl’s Midnight Recovery Concentrate

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Angelica suggested in this post (which is where you can post your ideas for duplicatable products) that we take a look at Kiehl’s Midnight Recovery Concentrate. So let’s take a look at the ingredient list… Caprylic/Capric Triglycerides: Fractionated coconut oil. It’s a dry feeling very light emollient with a 2 year life span. It feels like our esters....

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Duplicating products: Soothing Touch Herbal Therapy Moisturizing Massage Cream

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Tara asked about this product – Soothing Touch Herbal Therapy Moisturizing Massage Cream (click here to see the ingredient list she posted from the bottle). The problem I’m having is that the official site doesn’t have ingredient lists and it seems like the lists are different everywhere I look! ARGH! (This is a huge problem when...

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