Extracts

Polyphenols: Anthocyanidins & anthocyanins – hydrophilic flavonoids!

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A four panel collage of anthocyanidins and anthocyanins represented by liquid extracts of blueberry, black currant, and cranberry.

We find these polyphenols in all kinds of botanical extracts, like bilberry, cranberry, blueberry, black currant, and anything that has a lovely red-purple colour in acidic products. Anthocyanidins!  Anthocyanidins are naturally hydrophilic or water loving flavonoids that give the extracts its gorgeous colour and anti-oxidizing and free radical scavenging properties. They work as anti-microbials, anti-inflammatories,...

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#alltheingredients: Sea buckthorn extract (liquid, water soluble) – botanical extracts you will love 

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We first used this botanical extract – Sea buckthorn extract (INCI:  Glycerin (and) Water (and) Hippophae Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn) Fruit Extract (and) Citric Acid (and) Sodium Benzoate (and) Potassium Sorbate), the water soluble portion of the sea buckthorn fruit from which we get sea buckthorn oil– back in March 2024 when we met a formula...

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Let’s create a hydrating winter skin & scalp spray with loads of botanicals & actives (part five, AQUAXYL™™, Fision® HydraTress, and preservatives)

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Welcome back to this series in which we’re making a hydrating winter skin & scalp spray with loads of botanicals & actives, which can be used as a skin and scalp hydrator, a facial toner, or a sprayed serum before you use an anhydrous product, like whipped body butter, body oil, or facial oil. In...

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Let’s create a hydrating winter skin & scalp spray with loads of botanicals & actives (part three, botanical extracts)

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Welcome back to this series in which we’re making a hydrating winter skin & scalp spray with loads of botanicals & actives, which can be used as a skin and scalp hydrator, a facial toner, or a sprayed serum before you use an anhydrous product, like whipped body butter, body oil, or facial oil. The...

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#alltheingredients: Cranberry extract (liquid, water soluble) – botanical extract

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To poorly quote John Oliver, “Cranberries are just cherries that hate you,” and while it’s true for the juice and non-whole berry jelly, cranberry extract liquid is bursting with anthocyanidins, which work as potent anti-oxidants while adding a gorgeous red colour to your formula! Cranberry liquid extract can also offer anti-aging, anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, anti-septic properties,...

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