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What interests you? How do lotions stay white when using all those extracts?

March 3, 2014 by SwiftCraftyMonkey

In the Still collecting your thoughts! post, Carl asks: How can the producers of cosmetics (ex. lotions) add all the different plant extracts to their formulas and still keep the product white without using titanium dioxide?Not all plant extracts are heavily coloured! Take a look at this container of green tea extract (oil soluble) from Brambleberry…

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