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In the May Q&A, Tash asked: Also, I’ve noticed people wanting more and more petcare proudcts lately, and I’m not sure how I feel about that. I am HIGHLY reluctant to consider formulating for dogs and cats, but notice that it’s now becoming common to buy petcare bases – New Directions Australia has a range of...
If you’re a subscriber for the month of May 2018, here’s the May 2018 e-zine, Beyond Emulsifying Wax, part two: Modifications and Substitutions! You may notice something different in that there are two versions of this e-zine – an epub version in a zip file and an PDF. The ePub version will work for iBooks and...
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...
Welcome to part three of this duplication. On Monday, we started our review of the ingredient list, and yesterday, we finished that review. Today, let’s take a look at what’s important in this list and what’s there for label appeal? (There are just too many things to create links for all these ingredients, but you can...