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Oh, I get it now. Thanks
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Nope. I am not using urea, my other ingredient is MSM and glycerine. Well, the marketing claim one can make in this case is a smoothing (or wrinkle reduction) effect. Yes, I've been my own guinea pig together with a few friends who took some for use…
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In my personal formulations (that is for personal usage), I do include LArginine and Vitamin C and I feel an instant firming, whether this is changing the biochemistry of my skin is unbeknown to me, but it does make me feel younger :)It was while I …
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I was just wondering about using protein peptides such as L-Arginine as a moisturiser, especially after seeing different serums with growth factor claims. If using protein peptides as a moisturiser with no special claims except as a moisturiser woul…
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Thanks for all the contributions - much appreciated.and..... HAPPY 2016!!!
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@billichemist..... It depends on your formulation, 0.5% - 5% of Sodium citrate is enough.
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Reading through this new guide, the grey area of "Cosmeceuticals" is cleaned out and made clearer, it is either a drug or cosmetics, no more grey: http://www.fda.gov/Cosmetics/Labeling/Claims/ucm127064.htm Thanks Perry.
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My advice is to use aloe vera juice and you would be in the safety part of the NSF/NOP rules, why reinvent the wheel.
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@Chemist77, @luiscuevasii, @MichelleReece .... and @David.... Thanks so much for your suggestions. I did not respond on time because I was expecting a backlash from the negative posters on the forum. If I was in Venezuela, I would have sent at least…
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It is incredible that someone would want to vote down a genuine question.I was probably the first person to suggest this "like" button, but I am a recipient of the opposite - incredible!
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The one I have is off-white in colour and creates a gel IMMEDIATELY its in contact with water. What they supplied you is not the real thing.
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I think it's best to allow the filled bottle to cool before capping.
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The combination of cetearyl alcohol and the lecithin phospholipids would form an excellent emulsifier. Lecithin are brilliant emulsifiers. I use them in home-made liposomes.
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@Perry .... 1500 washes.... and your hair hasn't turned grey yet? :DI can just imagine how sore that scalp would be. If only the hair strands could talk, they would have carried placards in protest and claimed violation of their living rights.... :…
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:) Since I started testing formulations, which is some 5-6 years now, i have had no need to buy creams. Good or bad (non-microbially challenged), I use the personally. In fact, I sometimes take several showers, just to test the effect of different…
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What about vegetable glycerine? Won't it be a good substitute?
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@Bellasi: Yes, it's such a shame that with all the billions the big corporations make, they still have to be protected that much. @MichelleReece: Informative article, "Today, colloidal oatmeal is available in the form of moisturizing creams. T…
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Yes, I agree with you, @Pharma, but what do you say to this very article that ordinary Quaker oats is providing some topical solution to a debilitating problem? What would you call this simple solution? Cosmetics or pharmaceuticals? Now, it is most …
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I think it is imperative for marketers to watch their claims and the psychological effect it can have on consumers. I feel the best thing is to be conservative and let the consumers make their own judgments. There was the case of Estee Lauder in 201…
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Just to add an extra line to @Belassi's tip: Create a spreadsheet with columns for the ingredients, mass, from there calculating the % would be easy. But then, how did you make the product without all these in the first instance.
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I think @Belassi captured what almost ever cosmetic designer will tell you here: "I once tried to duplicate a body wash/hair shampoo product. It had an LOI about 30 ingredients long. I failed completely. Then I realised I should be designing m…
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Sorry, i missed this discussion, I have been away for a while..... But, I like the product name - In The Jungle. Brilliant!
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Is urea not a skin irritant? Or is there a threshold % where it is okay? I have always dreaded touching this ingredient, maybe it's an overreaction on my part.
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Well, I experienced the same in similar formulation, but it held well in a full cream formulation. Perhaps it should be combined with another such as guar gum. I have not reached a full conclusion as to why there was a separation, it could be becaus…
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@Perry + @Iaskedbetter ...... LIKES! LIKES! LIKES! LIKES! :)
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@Iaskedbetter - Thanks for this, that link was not working properly, but I managed to figure it out: http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELDEV3004446
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Well, I must confess that it was some sellers on UK Amazon who were making these claims.
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I think you would be better off with distilled water. That is what I subscribe to, although some say deionized water is much better because even distilled water may contain organic residues.
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Yes, I agree with Mark; Recently, I tried to boost a Channel No.5-type scent with palmarosa EO, I was wrong, it overpowered it and ruined the batch. EOs are brilliant at boosting, but one has to pick the right one to boost the scent otherwise, the s…
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Well, while I have witnessed the efficacy of West African "black soap" before (highly effective on eczema), I am yet to see any company make/create a COA or MSDS of any. So, I wonder how they managed to get a pass with that particular fina…
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