Description and appearance
Shea butter is thick and soft butter. Shea butter can be bought refined or unrefined. The unrefined shea butter is beige to…
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Ingredients
Every time I start working with new ingredients, I research these ingredients. Here I collect all my research and findings of the different ingredients I use in my homemade skincare.
Sources I use for my research I use the information on the suppliers’ websites. The product descriptions as well as the SDS and fact sheet documents. Besides the suppliers’ information, I regularly check the Humble Bee and Me Encyclopedia, the Lab libraries of Formula Botanica (subscription only) and this ingredients database (in Dutch).
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Description and appearance
Coconut oil is white solid oil or clear liquid oil, depending on the ambient temperature. Where I live, in the Netherlands, it…
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Description and appearance
Beeswax is a yellow (unrefined) or white (refined) wax that mostly comes in small pellets. It is a firm wax, but a…
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Description and appearance
Cocoa butter is a pale yellow brittle butter. It is the extracted fat from cocoa beans. You can buy cocoa butter in…
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Description and appearance
Olivem 1000 is a complete oil-in-water emulsifier. You can use this emulsifier to create lotions, creams and cleansing balms. It comes in…
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Description and appearance
Candelilla wax is a yellow to orange wax that mostly comes in small pellets. It is a firm wax.
INCI name: Euphorbia Cerifera…
