Natural oils are a gentle yet powerful way to care for your hair and skin. Rich in vitamins, antioxidants, and essential fatty acids, they nourish deeply, helping to restore moisture, improve elasticity, and protect against environmental damage—without the harsh chemicals found in many synthetic products.
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When it comes to formulating beauty, skincare, or personal care products, achieving the desired texture and stability is often a critical factor. Today we are comparing gelling agents, which help structure oils into gels or semi-solid systems. As a bonus, we will be including a sample lipgloss formulation for each ingredient. The 4 popular choices for oil gelling
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What is an Oil-to-Milk cleanser? In oil-to-milk formulas the oils emulsify on contact with water, turning the product milky, allowing both oil and water-soluble impurities to be removed and helping the product rinse off easily. Skin is left soft and nurtured; not dry or greasy. Unlike harsher surfactant-based foaming cleansers, Oil-based cleansers do not strip
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We always try to limit our footprint and do things more “Naturally”. In the past month we’ve had the privilege of reducing our carbon footprint in two areas of our business. 1. Our Electricity Usage We recently tied into the solar supply of the main property. This is awesome news for you, us and the
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A roundup of 9 blogposts to help you achieve success with bringing passion back to your relationship How can I bring passion back into our relationship? Surprisingly this question gets asked more than you’d think. We’ve done some investigation on ways to achieve this. How did you loose it in the 1st place? While their
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Food grade Hydrogen Peroxide has lots of uses but it is important to handle it safely and dilute it properly. Always be sure to wear gloves when working with undiluted 35% Food Grade Hydrogen Peroxide. After proper dilution it can be used as a non-toxic fruit and vegetable wash, mouth wash, household cleaner and even
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Citric acid is naturally found in citrus fruit and particularly lemons and limes. As with most organic acids, it is a weak acid with a PH between 3 & 6. Uses Food Can be used as a preservative for Ice Cream, Sorbet, Wine, Soda, Canned & Dry Food Can be used as an emulsifying agent
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Carrier oils (also called base oil), are extracted from the seed, kernels or nuts of a plant. Unlike essential oils that are extracted from the leaves, bark and roots of plants. Base oils are used to dilute your essential oils and help “carry” them into the skin. Just like essential oils each carrier oil has
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Bicarbonate of Soda also known as Baking Soda or Sodium Bicarbonate or simply as Bicarb. Sodium bicarbonate is a white solid that is crystalline but often appears as a fine powder. Bicarb is a very effective (but gentle) abrasive and natural deodoriser. Some uses of Bicarbonate of Soda Kitchen Clean stained & smelly plastic food
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To prepare for this time of year, Dr. Hill from Doterra has recommended a short list of essential oils. To make ordering more convenient and affordable, Doterra South Africa has created a limited time kit! The details for the Seasonal Defense Kit are below: Existing Members can buy the Seasonal Defense kit at R1100/50PV New
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