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I do like my foamy bottles – they’re cute, they foam, and I don’t have to thicken my product up to use them! Plus, this one has a lime green cap, which is always a good thing in my book. (Hey, I’m tempted to buy a lime green Ford Fiesta just because of the colour!)...
I do love my toners (do a search and you’ll be a little overwhelmed), primarily because I use it as both a toner and a moisturizer as my oily, rosacea prone skin really doesn’t like oil based lotions or sera! So I decided to get into the workshop and see just how many interesting things...
PEG-7 olivate (or indeed, the other water soluble esters like sunflower, jojoba, macadamia nut, and so on) are great additions to facial products. They offer increased emolliency and moisturization and a reduction in irritation, which are always great qualities, and those of us with oily skin can often enjoy the benefits using oils without feeling...
Super Sterol can be used pretty much anywhere you’d use a regular oil, but as it is a lot more expensive, you might want to save it for those products where you want some serious moisturizing and skin barrier repair, like a facial moisturizer or serum. In this serum for dry skin, we switched the...
Esters are a great inclusion in a facial serum to increase its ability to spread nicely over your skin and to decrease the feeling of oiliness. If you’re a person who can’t handle oils on your skin, esters can be a way to get some emolliency and occlusion without having to worry about break outs!...