Create Natural Wash-Off and Gradual Self-Tanning Products for a Perfect Glow
For years, tan lovers have been ditching the skin-damaging sun and harmful tanning beds, in favor of a safer route to a glowing tan. Homemade tanning lotions and natural solutions, such as self-tan sprays, mousses and lotions are becoming more popular. Incredible...
The Benefits of Centella Asiatica (Gotu Kola) for Skin
The benefits of centella asiatica also for skin (also known as gotu kola) have been known for generations. Centella asiatica skincare products have been available and used in skincare products for many years, and has become a huge trend in the skincare industry,...
Pricing Your Natural Beauty Products for Profit: How to Calculate the Perfect Product Selling Price
The decision on how to price your beauty product is a tough one. You’ve spent your precious time, effort and money perfecting your natural and organic beauty products. The images look amazing, and they work wonderfully, but you’re unsure of pricing your natural...
How to Create Your Own Natural and Organic Cleansing Powders
What are cleansing powders? Today, more and more facial cleanser options are available than ever before. Gels, liquids, lotions, balms, oils, milks… the choice is yours. Less known to many parts of the world, but long-used in East Asia, are cleansing powders. And...
The Best Natural Massage Candles You Can Now Make at Home
Natural massage candles provide a beautiful fragrance to a room, encouraging rest, relaxation and reflection, but the wax can also be used for a massage once warm. Organic massage candles are a growing market, with profit to be made by providing customers searching...
Natural Hand Sanitizers; the Best Antibacterial Hand Care
Natural hand sanitizers are an effective and environmentally friendly way to keep your hands clean. The good news for natural beauty enthusiasts is they can be made from natural ingredients, meaning they will match your values while providing protection from germs and...
Men’s Versus Women’s Skincare – What’s the Difference?
When we think about skincare and treating different skin types, we typically think about dry, sensitive, oily and combination skin. And this is a great place to start, because no matter who you are or where you come from, these factors are all relevant. However, when...
Creating a Broad-spectrum Preservative System for Natural Skincare Products
Without a doubt the questions we get asked the most are about natural preservatives for cosmetics! There are several useful blog posts on our website that cover the basics: Do You Need to Use Preservatives in Homemade Natural Skincare Products? and 3 Natural...
How to turn a skincare recipe into a cosmetic formula
If you have been using a natural skincare recipe for a cosmetic product for a while and you like it, you might want to turn it into a cosmetic formula. Professional cosmetic formulas are written in percentages. Before we look at a cosmetic formula, let us look...
How to test and adjust the pH of natural skincare products (and why you should)
We get asked all the time about how to measure the pH of skincare products – what pH is, when you need to measure it and how to measure it. Here you’ll discover the answers to these questions, as well as why we measure it and how to adjust your pH testing equipment....