Duplication

Subscriber exclusive: Duplicating L’Occitane Cleansing and Softening Shower Oil with Almond Oil

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Earlier this year, Angie asked if we could try duplicating this L’Occitane Cleansing and Softening Oil with Almond Oil *. Sure! Let’s try!The first thing I do when looking at duplicating a product is to look at the complete ingredient list: Water, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Dicaprylyl...

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Subscriber exclusive: Potential duplication of Vasanti® Brighten Up!® Face Rejuvenator (part two)

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Yesterday we analyzed the ingredient list for this product . Today we’ll figure out how much of each ingredient we should use, then come up with a prototype duplication recipe.Step four: Figure out how much of each ingredient to use . (Visit yesterday’s post to see more detail about each ingredient and links to the...

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Subscriber exclusive: Duplication of Vasanti® Brighten Up!® Face Rejuvenator (part one)

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In the February duplicating post,  Kristin asked if we could take a look at duplicating the Vasanti® Brighten Up!® Enzymatic Face Rejuvenator*.  Let’s take a look at this product and where we might start with a prototype recipe.If you’re curious about the steps I follow to duplicate a recipe, please click here.  Step one: Get...

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Potential duplication for Lush’s Shower Smoothies (addendum)

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Before we conclude this series on duplicating Lush’s Shower Smoothies – if you missed it, click here to see the most recent post  and the links to the other parts – I wanted to address the ingredient lists you’d find in other products of this nature at Lush.If you were interested in duplicating the African...

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Potential duplication of Lush’s Shower Smoothies (part four)

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So far we’ve reviewed the ingredient list, looked at the suggested usage rates for each ingredient, and created a prototype recipe using the stearic acid/triethanolamine emulsifier . Today, let’s take a look at using Polawax for the emulsifier.We use Polawax (or Natragem EW) at 25% of the oil phase . So if we have 29.1%...

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