The home of SwiftCraftyMonkey Formulating Inc.! Join Susan as she obsesses about cosmetic chemistry and other things (some possibly related to monkeys). Often strange, occasionally useful, and always worth a stop as a point of interest on your journey through the Intertron.
I’ve gone a bit black currant crazy this past year, enjoying black currant seed oil as well as black currant fragrance oils – like black currant sorbet in this whipped cranberry & black currant oil butter – so you know I had to try using this water soluble, liquid black currant extract (INCI: Ribes Nigrum...
In this month’s Q&A post, MsWabi asked, I’d really like to use turmeric in my face cream and/or face oil and would like to make my own extract. What do you think is the best way to make a turmeric extract for use in an emulsion or facial oil? This is something that’s come up a...
Corn silk liquid botanical extract (INCI: Zea Mays silk extract and propanediol) is a water soluble extract derived from the silk from corn that works as an astringent, anti-inflammatory, soothing, and conditioning agent that offers a soft and silky feel to products with a water phase, like emulsions, hair conditioners, toners, cleansers, and more. It...
Turmeric root extract (INCI: Curcuma longa root extract and propanediol) is an orange, liquid, water soluble botanical extract that works as an anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory thanks to the curcumin found within. It may “calm skin” and reduce redness and inflammation, which is always a bonus in a skin care product. As you can see, it’s bright...
Join me today as we take a look at Tropical fruit blend OS, an oil soluble combination of 4% each coconut, kakadu plum, passionfruit, blueberry, and banana in sunflower oil (80%) – INCI: Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil & Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract & Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract & Passiflora Incarnata Fruit Extract &...