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Allantoin is a great additive for your skin care products. It helps to soften skin and it is also FDA approved to help prevent chafing, chapped, cracked or dry skin.
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$4.00 – $19.50
Arrowroot powder is used in cosmetics to help cut the greasy feeling. I can help to give a nice silky feeling to your products. It is also one of the main ingredients in natural deodorants.
This is a very fine powder so you get a lot of powder when buying by weight (500 grams of arrowroot is equivalent in volume to about 1kg of baking soda!)
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$4.50 – $60.00
Sodium Bicarbonate (Baking Soda) has a huge variety of uses.
Aside from in cooking, it is useful for natural cleaners, deodorants, toothpaste, beauty products and when mixed with citric acid, it is the primary ingredient in making bath bombs.
This is a top quality food grade baking soda.
The ingredients to make a basic bath fizzy are:
2 parts Baking Soda
1 part Citric Acid
Colouring & Fragrance of your choice
Witch Hazel or water in a mister bottle
1. Blend dry ingredients together well until there are no lumps.
2. Add colour and fragrance and mix well.
3. Spritz with witch hazel or water until mixture sticks together when squished.
4. Put into moulds - wait a few minutes then tap them out.
You can find all the ingredients to make a basic bath fizzy by checking out my other listings.
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$3.50 – $46.00
Light yellow to yellow colour of varying intensity with a fine-grain matt, non-crystalline fracture. Becomes soft and pliable when warmed by hand. Odour faint and characteristic of honey.
*** PLEASE NOTE - Due to a shortage of NZ beeswax the cost price has risen significantly. Unfortunately we can't absorb this increase so it has to be passed onto our customers. The new pricing is effective from 01/11/16
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$12.00 – $110.00
Our body butter is a ready to use base. It can be used “as is” or you can add colour and fragrance to make it uniquely yours.
High in sunflower oil which contains loads of vitamin e, this base is very nourishing while not being too greasy.
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$8.50 – $69.00
Our body lotion is a ready to use base. It can be used “as is” or you can add colour and fragrance to make it uniquely yours.
High in sunflower oil which contains loads of vitamin e, this base is very nourishing while not being too greasy. It also contains allantion which is thought to have the ability to help heal wounds, sores and stimulate growth of healthy tissue. It is a skin softener and anti-irritant.
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$7.00 – $73.50
Our Bodywash Base contains Organic Ingredients of which are certified organic by the COSMOS. It contains a natural liquid soap base derived from organic oils, blended with gentle surfactants. Requires the simple addition of essential oils or fragrance and can readily be thickened with salt.
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$9.00 – $37.00
Borax is an eco-friendly solution for many things around the house. Most commonly used as a cleaning agent.
Borax is commonly used in clothes washing recipes to help soften the water and release stains from clothing. It's also sometimes used in cream soapmaking recipes and lotions.
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$17.00 – $120.00
BTMS-50 is a cationic emulsifier.
Because it is positively charged, it is perfect for use in hair care products. It coats the hair strand reducing frizz while conditioning your hair. It is also a great emulsifier for lotions, creams, body butters, and moisturisers, as well as emulsified sugar and salt scrubs. It offers a powdery and less greasy feel to other emulsifiers.
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$8.50 – $69.00
Our bubble bath base is a ready to use base. It can be used “as is” or you can add colour and fragrance to make it uniquely yours.
This is a fantastic bubble bath that produces lots of creamy, long lasting bubbles.
Can also be used as body wash.
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$4.00 – $300.00
Caffeine is used in cosmetics, facial products, shower gels, new "mood cosmetics" and creams, lotions and gels for topical applications. Enhance skin and body care products and give you and your customers a new "lift" just like that morning cup of coffee!
It is reported to be both stimulating and invigorating- and improving blood flow, and adding skin firming qualities.
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$10.00 – $45.00
Sodium hydroxide, also known as lye or caustic soda (pearl).
Sodium hydroxide is used in many industries, mostly as a strong chemical base in the manufacture of pulp and paper, textiles, drinking water, soaps and detergents and as a drain cleaner.
Sodium hydroxide is frequently used as an industrial cleaning agent where it is often called "caustic". It is added to water, heated, and then used to clean process equipment, storage tanks, etc. It can dissolve grease, oils, fats and protein based deposits. It is also used for cleaning waste discharge pipes under sinks and drains in domestic properties.
It is also the chemical that induces saponification with fats and oils to create soap.
This is a hazardous material and should be handled with care. Always use safety precautions when using sodium hydroxide!
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$6.00 – $85.00
The addition of Cera Bellina wax helps give any lip balm, lotion bar, or emulsion a smooth and luxurious texture.
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$5.00 – $16.00
Cetyl Alcohol is a fatty alcohol used as an emulsion stabiliser and opacifier. It helps to soften the skin. A great addition to your lotions, creams and scrubs!
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$8.50 – $37.00
Citric Acid is commonly used in making bath fizzies and bath bombs.
This is a top quality food grade citric acid.
The ingredients to make a basic bath fizzy are:
2 parts Baking Soda
1 part Citric Acid
Colouring & Fragrance of your choice
Witch Hazel or water in a mister bottle
1. Blend dry ingredients together well until there are no lumps.
2. Add colour and fragrance and mix well.
3. Spritz with witch hazel or water until mixture sticks together when squished.
4. Put into moulds - wait a few minutes then tap them out.
You can find all the ingredients to make a basic bath fizzy by checking out my other products.
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$3.50 – $45.00
Cocomidopropyl Betaine is a mild, biodegradable and viscosity-building and foam boosting surfactant. It has outstanding foam, foam stabilization and viscosity building properties.
It is derived from renewable, natural resources.
It has many varied uses such as bubble baths, shampoos, liquid hand soaps, cleansing creams and lotions, shower gels, pet shampoos, and more! Provides excellent wetting, and gives good lather and foam.
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$5.00 – $29.50
Cream of tartar is a fine white powder with many applications.
It is an acid and it is often used as a major component in baking powder, combined with baking soda to react when the mixture is moistened to ensure that baked goods will rise well.
Cream of tartar is used as a stabilizing agent and is added to beaten egg whites to increase their stability and volume. It is also sometimes added to candies or frostings to give them a creamier texture because it can help to prevent the crystallization of cooked sugar.
It is also a stabilizing ingredient in solid bubble bath bars - see recipe below...
1.5 cups Baking Soda
1.5 cups Cream of Tartar
1.5 cups Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (sls)
.75 cup Liquid Soap Concentrate
12ml Fragrance or Essential Oil
1. In a big bowl mix dry incredients slowly until there are no lumps and fully combined.
2. In a separate bowl mix liquid soap and fragrance.
3. Pour liquids into dry ingredients and mix well - start with a spatula then switch to your hands and knead together until fully incorporated.
4. Once the mixture is fully mixed spread out on the bench on a piece of baking paper. Cut into shapes.
5. Allow to sit and harden overnight. Wrap in air tight packaging.
To Use: Crumble under running bath water and enjoy!
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$3.50 – $70.00
Dendritic Salt is much finer than other salts which means the fragrance (or essential oils) and colour sticks better!
Many crafters add Dendritic salt to their Sea Salt formulations for the non-clumping capabilities.We like a ratio of 1 part Dendritic salt to 10 parts Sea Salt. But of course you can use 100% Dendritic salt in your recipes if you prefer.
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$5.00 – $50.00
DLS Mild is a natural surfactant that is derived from vegetable oils. It is an excellent choice for sensitive skin, baby products, facial products or other natural skin care or hair care products. DLS Mild is anionic, non-irritating and will not strip skin or hair of natural oils. DLS Mild will leave skin feeling soft and conditioned after rinse off.
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$6.50 – $100.00
Vegetable derived emulsifying wax. Nonionic self-emulsifying wax is mild, provides excellent stability, and is very easy to use. Emulsifying Wax NF is used to make viscous or thin emulsions, depending on the concentration at which it is used. Use this vegetable based emulsifier at about 5% to keep water and oil combined for lotions, creams, conditioners, etc. Melt wax with other fats and waxes.
INCI Name: Emulsifying Wax NF.
Physical Form: White Pastilles. Melting Point: 50-54C. Recommended use levels are 2-25%, usually 3-5% for lotions and 5-10% for creams.
INCI: Emuslifying Wax
Used for: Lotions, creams, body butters, scrubs
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$5.00 – $70.00
Epsom salt has been traditionally used as a component of bath salts. Epsom salt can also be used as a beauty product. Athletes use it to soothe sore muscles, while gardeners use it to improve crops. It has a variety of other uses.
Epsom salts have medicinal properties when used both externally and internally.
Traditionally, it is also used to prepare foot baths, intended to soothe sore feet. The reason for the inclusion of the salt is partially cosmetic: the increase in ionic strength prevents some of the temporary skin wrinkling which is caused by prolonged immersion of extremities in pure water. However, epsom salts can also be absorbed into the skin, reducing inflammation.
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$12.00 – $190.00
Stephenson's Foaming Bath Butter is a unique and innovative product. Create whipped foaming bath butters, a sugar scrub, a body soufflè, or a salt scrub, all from one product base. It's also great for making the frosting tops for bath bombs.
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$10.00 – $85.00
Our body butter is a ready to use base. It can be used “as is” or you can add colour and fragrance to make it uniquely yours.
High in sunflower oil which contains loads of vitamin e, this base is very nourishing while not being too greasy.
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$4.00 – $10.00
Germaben® II is a broad spectrum, liquid preservative system. It is ready-to-use in emulsions with an oil phase of about 25% or less and water soluble formulations. Germaben II is heat sensitive and should be added to the water phase or to the emulsified portion of the formulation at a temperature of 140°F (60°C) or below, during the cool down stage, generally prior to the addition of fragrance. Adding Germaben II above 140°F (60°C) could result in compromising the preservative system in your product. Germaben II is compatible with most cosmetic ingredients.
Recommended use levels: 0.3 - 1%.
Appearance: Clear viscous liquid
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$10.00 – $420.00
Vegetable glycerine is used as a humectant, solvent and emollient in cosmetic formulations.
Glycerine is soluble in water and is added to the water phase of formulations.
This Glycerine is Pharmaceutical grade meeting the specifications of the British and European Pharmacopoeia (BP/EP).
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$9.00 – $102.00
This Conditioner Base is blended with nourishing organic certified Shea Butter, Jojoba, Sunflower, Olive and Coconut oils. This base is fully formulated, pre-thickened and only requires the addition of organic essential oils or fragrance. It is suitable for all hair types and enriched with nourishing emollients.
Add up to 3% fragrance or essential oil for a quick and easy conditioner.
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$7.00 – $50.00
Himalayan Black Volcanic Salt is a special type of Indian volcanic rock salt. It is purple/pink grey rather than black and has a very distinctive sulfurous smell.
This is a great salt to use for decoration on your soaps! To combat the sulphur smell simply add a few drops of fragrance to coat the salts.
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$3.00 – $30.00
Himalayan Pink Salt is a pure, hand-mined salt that is derived from ancient sea salt deposits, and it is believed to be the purest form of salt available. The high mineral crystals range in color from sheer white, varying shades of pink, to deep reds, the result of high mineral and iron content.
Himalayan pink salt can be used to stimulate circulation, relax the body, lower blood pressure, sooth sore muscles, and remove toxins from the body. Use Himalayan Pink Salt in bath salt recipes, body scrubs, aromatherapy, home made soap, and for all types of culinary and spa applications.
Himalayan Pink Salt has a rich mineral content that includes over 84 minerals and trace elements such as: calcium, magnesium, potassium, copper and iron. This salt is recognized for its beautiful pink color, high mineral content, and its therapeutic properties. It can also assist with relief from arthritis, skin rashes, psoriasis, herpes, and flu and fever symptoms.
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$3.00 – $30.00
Himalayan Pink Salt is a pure, hand-mined salt that is derived from ancient sea salt deposits, and it is believed to be the purest form of salt available. The high mineral crystals range in color from sheer white, varying shades of pink, to deep reds, the result of high mineral and iron content.
Himalayan pink salt can be used to stimulate circulation, relax the body, lower blood pressure, sooth sore muscles, and remove toxins from the body. Use Himalayan Pink Salt in bath salt recipes, body scrubs, aromatherapy, home made soap, and for all types of culinary and spa applications.
Himalayan Pink Salt has a rich mineral content that includes over 84 minerals and trace elements such as: calcium, magnesium, potassium, copper and iron. This salt is recognized for its beautiful pink color, high mineral content, and its therapeutic properties. It can also assist with relief from arthritis, skin rashes, psoriasis, herpes, and flu and fever symptoms.
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$4.00 – $54.00
Isopropyl Alcohol, 99% (also known as rubbing alcohol). A must have for most soap makers. Isopropyl alcohol has many uses in soap making. Spray it on top of cold process soap to prevent soda ash or on melt and pour to get rid of bubbles and help layers stick together. It can be used to disperse mica colorants or as a general sanitizer.
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Our hydrosols are distilled locally on an orchard in Katikati, Bay of Plenty. Using spray free grown plants to produce the highest quality, pure and natural, preservative free hydrosols.
The essential oil has not been completely filtered off, leaving you with a highly fragrant premium hydrosol.
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$4.00 – $10.00
Liquid Germall Plus is dissolved in a base of 60% propylene glycol. Can be used in surfactant based systems such as shampoos and body/shower gels, conditioners and other high water content products. Ideal for water-in-oil and oil-in-water emulsions, creams and lotions, make-up and other highly pigmented products. Not for use in products intended to be aerosolized.
Liquid Germall Plus is heat sensitive and should be added to the water phase or to the emulsified portion of the formulation at a temperature of 50°C or below, during the cool down stage. Adding Liquid Germall Plus above 50°C could result in compromising the preservative system in your product. Liquid Germall Plus is effective over a broad pH range from 3-8. It is soluble in cationic, anionic and nonionic water-soluble formulations, as well as in the emulsified portion of water-in-oil or oil-in-water emulsions. Liquid Germall Plus has been found effective at use levels between 0.1% – 0.5%. However, every cosmetic formulation should have a preservative system custom made to match its needs and should be tested to ensure proper preservation.
Recommended use levels: 0.1 - 0.5%.
Appearance: Clear viscous liquid
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$8.50 – $42.00
Menthol crystals are cooling, refreshing, and have a pleasant strong minty aroma. They are often used in cosmetics, salves, balms, medicated creams, throat lozenges, toothpaste, mouthwash, gum, foot sprays, pain relief, shampoos, conditioners, linaments, shaving creams, oral or throat sprays, compresses, medicated oils, and cooling gels.
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$11.00 – $285.00
Natural Emulsifier HE20 is a versatile natural emulsifier designed for low viscosity and sprayable formulations. Its one-pot process offers formulators a faster, simplified and energy efficient manufacturing process to develop oil-in-water emulsions with soft, light and velvety after-feel.
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$6.50 – $140.00
POLAWAX is the premier nonionic self-emulsifying wax used in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. It is a mild ingredient with a proven safety record and has been used successfully for many years. POLAWAX possesses all the advantages of the older type emulsifying waxes, while lacking their disadvantages, such as the tendency for these materials to be incompatible or interfere with certain ingredients.
INCI Name: Emulsifying Wax NF.
Trade Name: Polawax GP200 (Croda)
For more information on POLAWAX read the information sheet available at this link
Physical Form: White Pastilles. Melting Point: 50-54C. Recommended use levels are 2-25%, usually 3-5% for lotions and 5-10% for creams.
INCI: Emuslifying Wax
Used for: Lotions, creams, body butters, scrubs
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$6.00 – $19.00
Polysorbates are emulsifiers, wetting agents, and solubilizers that we use to bring small amounts of fragrance, essential, or carrier oils into a watery environment. We can use them to emulsify an all oil ingredient in our bath, or to make a water based product with a tiny bit of oils in them.
Usage ratio guide - up to 5% use 1:1 solubiliser : oil
Which polysorbate to use?
Use polysorbate 20 to emulsify small amounts of lighter (fragrance or essential) oils and polysorbate 80 to emulsify slighter larger amounts of heavier (carrier) oils.
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$6.00 – $19.00
Polysorbates are emulsifiers, wetting agents, and solubilizers that we use to bring small amounts of fragrance, essential, or carrier oils into a watery environment. We can use them to emulsify an all oil ingredient in our bath, or to make a water based product with a tiny bit of oils in them.
Usage ratio guide - up to 5% use 1:1 solubiliser : oil
Which polysorbate to use?
Use polysorbate 20 to emulsify small amounts of lighter (fragrance or essential) oils and polysorbate 80 to emulsify slighter larger amounts of heavier (carrier) oils.
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$16.00 – $50.00
Potassium hydroxide or Potash is used to convert fats and oils to soap. Potassium hydroxide is traditionally used to make liquid soaps that dissolve more easily than those made using Sodium hydroxide. Despite both being called 'Lye' Potassium Hydroxide and Sodium Hydroxide are not interchangeable in soap recipes.
This product comes as a 90% pure flake.
This is a hazardous material and should be handled with care. Always use safety precautions when using potassium hydroxide!
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$8.00 – $139.00
A clear, odourless liquid. Propylene glycol is a humectant, and can be used between 1-8% in water based recipes such as lotion to draw moisture to the skin, similar to glycerin. It can also be used as a carrier for fragrance or essential oils. Another common use is in vaping products
This Propylene Glycol is Pharmaceutical grade meeting the specifications of the British and European Pharmacopoeia (BP/USP).
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$16.00 – $165.00
This oil is rich in vitamin A and C, and is excellent in formulations for mature or extra dry skin. Rosehip Seed Oil is a "dry" oil, and is readily absorbed into the skin without leaving a greasy feeling. Can be used in lip balms, lotions, serums and cold process soap.
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$7.00 – $87.50
This Shampoo Base is fully formulated, contains mild surfactants and is pre-thickened and simply requires the addition of fragrance and or essential oils.
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$4.50 – $17.00
Make your own laundry soap! Soda Ash is a great stain remover and water softener. Can also known as Washing Soda (chemically known as Sodium Carbonate), it is often used as a fixative in natural dyeing techniques.
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$5.00 – $100.00
Sodium cocoyl isethionate is a coconut oil-based surfactant. It is very mild on skin, hair and eyes and has a silky skin feel. SCI makes a great lather and is good for making liquid shampoos and shampoo bars.
Our SCI is solid noodles- which is a low-dusting granular form.
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$5.50 – $20.00
Usage rate in cold process soap: .5% - 4%, or 1 tsp per 500 grams of oils.
Botanical Name: Propanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, Monosodium salt
Common Name: Sodium Lactate
Water soluble
PH: 6.5-8.5
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$19.00 – $200.00
Ecocert Certified Surfactant from Stepan is perfect for making all kinds of foaming bath goodies.
Excellent for making bubble bath bars, fizzy bath bombs, foaming bath salts, or any number of great products you will love working with and using sodium lauryl sulfoacetate.
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$3.00 – $49.00
Our Stearic Acid is 100% vegetable-based, triple-pressed, and in flake form allowing for easy mixing into formulations.
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$12.00 – $180.00
Prevents the vanilla in fragrance oils from turning cold process soap brown. It will not prevent colour changes due to ingredients other than vanilla.
Use this stabiliser in
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- Hot Process Soap
- CPOP
$6.00 – $150.00
Prevents the vanilla in fragrance oils from turning lotions and liquid wash formulations brown. It will not prevent colour changes due to ingredients other than vanilla.
Use this stabiliser in
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- Creams & Moisturisers
- Scrubs
$4.80 – $120.00
Prevents the vanilla in fragrance oils from turning lotions and liquid wash formulations brown. It will not prevent colour changes due to ingredients other than vanilla.
Use this stabiliser in
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$4.00 – $16.00
T-50, natural mixed tocopherols (isolated from vegetable oils), is a natural, heat stable antioxidant that protects food and cosmetic products from oxidation. If you need to add vitamin E oil to protect your formulation from rancidity, use our T-50 Vitamin E oil instead of 250IU/g, 1000IU/g and 1400IU/g Vitamin E oils. While the alpha tocopherol in the 250, 1000, and 1400IU/g oils is wonderful as an in-vitro antioxidant, studies show that the gamma tocopherol in the Vitamin E T-50 oil is a better antioxidant for oils/lipids in cosmetic formulations. T-50 has a higher content of gamma tocopherols and can be used at a rate of .04% or 400ppm to adequately protect your oils. Although T-50 is not an organic product, it is allowed for use in "organic" or "made with organic material" products.
Suggested Usage Rate: 0.04%-1.0% in oils, creams, lotions, balms, soaps and other oil based formulations.
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$6.00 – $85.00
Witch Hazel is tree native to North America, it twigs and bark are distilled to produce an astringent liquid which is referred to as Witch Hazel. Witch Hazel has a long history of use dating back to the Native Americans and it is still used today in many leading personal care products.
Witch Hazel is gentle enough to be used alone, or it may be combined with other ingredients or herbs. It is excellent to use as a wetting ingredient in bath bombs. It can be used on all skin types including sensitive, dry or oily and is commonly found in cleansers, toners and products for blemish or acne -prone skin. It may also be useful in products for chronic skin conditions such as psoriasis, cracked or blistered skin, diaper rash, windburn, and sunburn.
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