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Subscriber exclusives: Potential duplication of Lush’s Godiva shampoo bar (part two)

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Yesterday, we took a look at the ingredient list for this product. Today, we’ll take a look at a potential formula.Eep, I’m a bit of a scatter brain right now. This was supposed to show up the other day, and I just noticed I filed it to “drafts” and not “schedule”.  We’ll start with sodium...

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Subscriber exclusive: Potential duplication of Lush’s Godiva shampoo bar (part one)

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As you may have read, I’ve been trying to duplicate a Lush shampoo bar using sodium coco sulfate in place of the sodium lauryl sulphate. I tried making the Jumping Juniper bar, but the pH was far too high, so I thought I’d try one that would allow me to alter the pH a little...

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Subscriber exclusive: Potential duplication of Lush Jumping Juniper shampoo bar (part two)

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 We’ve reviewed the ingredient list and the potential ingredients we might use, so let’s take a look at the potential formula… POTENTIAL DUPLICATION OF LUSH’S JUMPING JUNIPER SHAMPOO BAR USING SCS HEATED WATER PHASE 5% lavender hydrosol 5% rosemary hydrosol 1% propylene glycol SCS PHASE 87.6% sodium coco sulfate COOL DOWN PHASE 0.5% liquid Germall...

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Subscriber exclusive: Duplicating Lush’s Tea Tree Water toner (part four, making a gel)

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  We’ve been taking a look at duplicating this recipe. First, the rant and ingredient list. Then a prototype recipe. Then another recipe with suggestions for solubilizers. Today, let’s turn this into a gel.I have a super simple way to turn this into a gel – just add 3% Sepimax ZEN, and let it sit...

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Subscriber exclusive: Duplicating Lush’s Tea Tree Water toner (part three, a different recipe)

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On Wednesday we took a look at the ingredient list for this ingredient and I went on a tirade. Yesterday we created a prototype recipe. Today, let’s look at a way of making this that includes a solubilizer to integrate the essential oils instead of having them float on top.I bought some tea tree floral...

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