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I wanted to give you a little taste of what my process looks like when I set out to duplicate something. First, I list the ingredients in black on graph paper. (I do everything on graph paper as I’m incredibly messy!) I write beside each ingredient what I think it brings to the mix. (That’s...
When you’re duplicating a product, we need to figure out our starting point. How do I know how much of each thing to use? Experience, skin feel, and the suggested usage rate. In my recipe in the previous post for Noxzema Classic Clean, there wasn’t really anything that I couldn’t have used at a much...
This is a pretty important step, so I thought I should add a bit more about this part of the duplicating process. The 1% or lower line is where the ingredients that are used at less than 1% or located. (Seems obvious, eh?) It doesn’t have to be in any particular order, just that everything...
DUPLICATING PRODUCTS IN SIX STEPS 1. Get the complete ingredient list. 2. Look at what each ingredient brings to the product. 3. Figure out what’s really important and what’s there for label appeal. 4. Figure out how much of each ingredient to use. 5. Create a starting formula in percentages. 6. Make the formula, then...
DUPLICATING PRODUCTS IN SIX STEPS 1. Get the complete ingredient list. 2. Look at what each ingredient brings to the product. 3. Figure out what’s really important and what’s there for label appeal. 4. Figure out how much of each ingredient to use. 5. Create a starting recipe in percentages. 6. Make the recipe, then...