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.

The addition of Cera Bellina wax helps give any lip balm, lotion bar, or emulsion a smooth and luxurious texture.  

This Shampoo Base is fully formulated, contains mild surfactants and is pre-thickened and simply requires the addition of fragrance and or essential oils.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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