20% introductory discount for our brand new "isoamyl laurate": https://shop.skinchakra.eu/en/Cosmetic-Lab/Cosmetic-ingredients-A-Z/Isoamyl-laurate.html

you may want to share this excellent infographic with your customers, friends and family:
http://www.cosmeticsinfo.org/shelf-life-and-expiration-dates

infographic to cosmetics do and don't

basil (extract, essential oil) is one of the heros of skin care for purifying skin in addition to its all other propeties, most significantly its antibacterial and antioxidant properties

this is a very interesting article about natural antioxidants: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1541-4337.2011.00156.x/full

Check ascorbic acid in our Today's Instagram feed:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BK2aTJCAq73/?taken-by=skinchakra

some more references abot ascorbic acid in skincare:
http://www.skintherapyletter.com/2008/13.7/2.html

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1524-4725.2005.31725/full

http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/vitamins/vitamin-C

http://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/supplement/vitamin-c-ascorbic-acid

beet root is not only an amazing natural colorant for cosmetics, it imparts anti-oxidant and skin firming properties to the product. The colour is however very pH dependant and rather photosensitive

20% weekend discount on our Dermofeel PA-3: https://shop.skinchakra.eu/en/Cosmetic-Lab/Cosmetic-ingredients-A-Z/Dermofeel-PA-3.html

there has recently been some agitation about solubilizing EOs in a tonic and we're answering to some of your questions here

have you already checked our previous post about comparison of 3 natural solubilizers?
http://skinchakra.eu/blog/archives/371-Natural-Solubilisers-in-Comparison.html

we've had some questions about colour of whipped butters. Generally the colour becomes milder and less intense by whipping as you can see in the above photo, exactly the same formulation,

have you checked our "cosmeceuticals on Tuesday" thread on Instagram today?
https://www.instagram.com/p/BLIh5myACw2/?taken-by=skinchakra

comparison of water binding of some common humectants

Misleading DIY recipes are not a plague of the 21st century, they are only more widespread thanks to social media and internet. Even the controversial Tudor king, Henry VIII was a fan of DIY-recipes and remedies. In one of his recipes for varicose ulcer, he used 25 ingredients and didn't hesitate to use lead and mercury in his recipes. The product was known as "the king's plaster"

Did you know that birch leaf extract and infusion make excellent hair rinses?

excellent post and a summary of all we try to explain consumers and lay-people day-in and day-out:
https://www.newbeauty.com/blog/dailybeauty/9930-skin-care-myths-busted/

Symbiosolv clear is arrived and we've 20% introductory discount just for this weekend: https://shop.skinchakra.eu/en/Cosmetic-Lab/Cosmetic-ingredients-A-Z/Symbio-solv-clear.html