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On Monday, we reviewed the ingredient list of this anhydrous facial serum. Yesterday, we reviewed the list to see what was important and how much of ingredient to use. Today, let’s see how we can create a potential formula. Okay, we have an idea of how we’ll make this duplication with all those oils, but...
Yesterday, we reviewed the ingredient list for this anhydrous serum. The next step is to figure out what needs to be in here to make the product work and what’s there for label appeal. Ingredient list: Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride – Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil – Octyldodecanol – Coco-Caprylate/Caprate – Squalane – Borago Officinalis Seed Oil...
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...
Welcome to part five of this duplication. On Monday, we started our review of the ingredient list, and Tuesday, we finished that review. Wednesday, we took a look at what was important for this product and where we thought the 1% line might be. Thursday, we looked at how much of each ingredient we could use in...
Welcome to part four of this duplication. On Monday, we started our review of the ingredient list, and Tuesday, we finished that review. Yesterday, we took a look at what was important for this product and where we thought the 1% line might be. Today, let’s take a look at how much of each ingredient we’ll...