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Thursday, 27. May 2021
Q&A with Elham: Cosmetic preservation
Thursday, 29. April 2021
Why you can not easily replace a preservative with another one
The magic of gum blending
Thursday, 25. March 2021
Natural antioxidants in cosmetics: Honokiol and magnolol
Thursday, 18. March 2021
All you need to know about hyaluron (hyaluronic acid)
Thursday, 11. March 2021
Chelators in cosmetic formulations
Thursday, 4. March 2021
Buffers and buffering in cosmetic lab
Friday, 8. January 2021
Natural antioxidants in skincare
Thursday, 17. December 2020
10 safe ways to use expired essential oils
Thursday, 26. November 2020
The comedogenic scale of plant oils
Which plant oils are camedogenic and promote a break-out and which oils are non-comedogenic?
As a skin care formulator, you need to know whether there is any scientific backup behind the comedogenic scale of plant oils.
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All you need to know about CO2 extracts
Shall we dose CO2 extracts like an oil, an extract or an essential oil? What are safety and legal limits for their application and how shall we blend them?...
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Cosmetic GMP, what you need to know and where to start
Compliance with GMP is mandatory in the EU and many other parts of the world. What does it exactly mean for artisanal and Indie cosmetic manufacturers?
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Thursday, 24. September 2020
Kitchen meets...2 more artisanal methods to disperse gums
Sunday, 13. September 2020
Nicotinamide and cell autophagy
Nicotinamide is THE star of anti-aging and skin repair cosmeceuticals and one of the most underused and underestimated cosmetic ingredients in "natural" cosmetics.
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Thursday, 13. August 2020
One emulsion, 5 gums
To answer some of your questions about using natural gums in emulsions and as a part of our big R&D project, we compared 5 different gums in a simple O/W emulsions. Here are the results...
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