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  • heraklit

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    January 11, 2018 at 1:51 pm in reply to: WW Shortage of Raws

    Citral and Isoprenol from Basf-Germany (31st October 2017).
    Also, Chinese
    authorities have decided to tackle the problem of air pollution more
    strongly, so some factories that did not meet environmental conditions
    were shut down.
    Already a company from which we buy fragrances, announced a price increase of 6%.

  • heraklit

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    December 30, 2017 at 2:48 pm in reply to: What are terms created by marketers to communicate science?

    “Cosmeceuticals”
    I was in a seminar about new trends in cosmetics and a chemist researcher used the term cosmeceuticals, but the leader of the panel, a professor of pharmacology rigorously said: “please don’t use this term again. It’s wrong and it means nothing”

  • heraklit

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    December 3, 2017 at 9:59 pm in reply to: hair conditioner

    “Fools” is a little heavy word. :|

  • heraklit

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    October 28, 2017 at 3:17 pm in reply to: Sciences in Cosmetic Formulations

    Sexology.

  • heraklit

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    October 4, 2017 at 10:53 pm in reply to: For those who think the FDA isn’t watching ingredient labels…

    😮

  • heraklit

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    September 25, 2017 at 2:49 pm in reply to: Water based pomade NATURAL

    Just like your sunglasses  :)

  • heraklit

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    September 18, 2017 at 6:50 pm in reply to: Water based pomade NATURAL

    Perry is right, but you can try the deep blue chamomile essential oil (not extract).

  • heraklit

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    September 15, 2017 at 8:27 am in reply to: Silver citrate and Silver Dihydrogen citrate as a preservative

    This company had contamination (?) problems with silver citrate. Watch this discussion.

  • heraklit

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    September 11, 2017 at 1:08 pm in reply to: Problem with shampoo

    You forgot the list of ingredients.
    What is w/o api?

  • heraklit

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    August 22, 2017 at 10:03 pm in reply to: Parabens again..
    We hope that the authorities are informed of such studies and decide if they need to take action. It’s advisable for us, to follow only their directives. (But it’s also good for us to keep an eye to various scientific studies about ingredients safety). ;)
  • heraklit

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    August 22, 2017 at 3:42 pm in reply to: Justice vs Science

    :( Oh! you’re right Perry!
    We must support Johnson & Johnson in this battle even if they are big competitors to us.

  • heraklit

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    July 18, 2017 at 8:55 pm in reply to: Banned in Europe, allowed in USA

    All “allergens of the year”:

    ACDS Allergens of the Year 

    2016 Cobalt
    2015 Formaldehyde
    2014 Benzophenones
    2013 Methylisothiazolinone
    2012 Acrylate
    2011 Dimethyl fumarate
    2010 Neomycin 
    2009 Mixed dialkyl thiourea
    2008 Nickel
    2007 Fragrance
    2006 p-Phenylenediamine
    2005 Corticosteroids
    2004 Cocamidopropyl betaine
    2003 Bacitracin
    2002 Thimerosal
    2001 Gold
    2000 Disperse Blue Dyes

    https://www.contactderm.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3467

  • heraklit

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    July 16, 2017 at 3:39 pm in reply to: Guar H. C.

    Dr. Bob DRBOB@VERDIENT.BIZ , you have a private message

  • heraklit

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    July 16, 2017 at 12:07 am in reply to: Guar H. C.

    Yes I know, I wanted a more “natural” profile with guar because i didn’t know that polyquaternium are made from also natural Cellulose. But I must try polyquat 10 to see how it behaves in the solution. Also I was seeing some comercial products with similar LOI and guar h.c. and believed that it can be done.

  • heraklit

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    July 15, 2017 at 11:15 pm in reply to: Guar H. C.

    I’m o.k. with viscosity - don’t need thickener. Citric acid thickens very well the solution. I use guar mainly for conditioning properties.

  • heraklit

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    July 15, 2017 at 10:40 pm in reply to: Guar H. C.

    Thanks, dr. Bob. See your private messages.

  • heraklit

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    July 15, 2017 at 3:35 pm in reply to: Guar H. C.

    Thanks for the suggestion DRBOB@VERDIENT.BIZ.
    All the “Jaguars” have almost double price from other guars but Solvay makes good manufacturing work.

  • heraklit

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    June 26, 2017 at 7:40 pm in reply to: NATURAL CITRIC ACID SUPPLIER

    At my beginings before years, I made soaps with concentrated lemon juice instead of citric acid, to be completely “natural”. But my regulator told me that I must add “citric acid” in the ingredients list even if i don’t put it in. So i stopped the lemon juice.

  • heraklit

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    May 17, 2017 at 8:27 am in reply to: How to apologize

    Wow! I just saw this “made in China”…

  • heraklit

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    May 10, 2017 at 1:09 pm in reply to: Acronyms in the Cosmetic Industry

    BB cream
    stands for blemish balm, blemish base, beblesh balm, and in Western markets, beauty balm.
    The CC cream came later on and describes a Color Correction cream.
    (from Wikipedia).  Also I added CAB.

  • heraklit

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    March 7, 2017 at 1:42 pm in reply to: The first formula I ever made was………

    Before ten years I made my first batch of olive oil soap and before three years my first sulfate free unstable shampoo.

  • heraklit

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    January 26, 2017 at 10:56 am in reply to: Small production runs for start-ups in Europe
  • heraklit

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    January 22, 2017 at 12:42 am in reply to: Absorption through skin

    That’s why we must be careful for what we put in our leave-on products, at least.
    Also must doing heavy metals detection tests.

  • heraklit

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    December 23, 2016 at 1:56 pm in reply to: Should you trust the EWG?

    Try to search for any basic cosmetic ingredient and EWG result will be almost always at the first page of google. Always I ignore it.

  • heraklit

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    October 14, 2016 at 8:44 pm in reply to: Inulin

    I tried it in a shampoo at 1% for moisturizing effect, but didn’t noticed any difference. Also it’s a bug food…

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