by Gail Francombe | Mar 12, 2018 | Natural Skincare Ingredients, Skincare Formulation
We’ve already shared some of the easy ways that different ingredients can be swapped for more affordable, luxurious, or high-performance choices. When it comes to most formulations, many carrier oils can be swapped out in fairly equal amounts, without much adjustment...
by Gail Francombe | Feb 26, 2018 | Natural Skincare Ingredients, Skincare Formulation
We often hear from people who have questions about swapping out specific ingredients when they are working on their own skincare formulations, or when they are missing ingredients a recipe is asking for. You might also want to swap one ingredient for another when...
by Gail Francombe | Oct 23, 2017 | Natural Skincare Ingredients
The natural aging process reduces the elasticity of our skin. While this can be accepted as part of aging gracefully, there are vitamins that can help support and improve skin elasticity and therefore help improve the appearance of aging skin. Let’s take a look at...
by Gail Francombe | Sep 18, 2017 | Natural Skincare Ingredients
The natural anti aging skin care market is overflowing with products that aim to either combat all signs of aging or are targeted to fight particular signs of aging. Labels, adverts and packaging market products as containing certain ingredients and claim the...
by Gail Francombe | Jun 30, 2017 | Natural Skincare Ingredients
Today we’re sharing our secret facial serum ingredient that has proven a hit with many of our students! Our secret ingredient is…olive squalane (INCI: Squalane). There are so many benefits of using olive squalane in your skincare products. Let’s...
by Gail Francombe | Jan 29, 2017 | Natural Skincare Ingredients, Skincare Formulation
Has this ever happened to you: You find a product that you want to make but you are missing one or more of the ingredients? You live in a country where some ingredients are not readily available? You want to save money by using less expensive ingredients while still...