when Dr. Google becomes your reference: Just stumbled upon this blog about squalene which is, apparently written by a bunch of Drs. They talk about the unsaturated fatty acids in squalene. Can somebody help us find the unsaturated fatty acids in squalene structure (copied on top of the screen shot)

celebrating our very first customer in Australia

20% discount on our newly arrived myrica wax: https://shop.skinchakra.eu/en/Cosmetic-Lab/Cosmetic-ingredients-A-Z/Myrica-fruit-wax.html

another interesting documentary about chemistry. Even if you skipped chemistry hours , you'll love thsi:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCPxsxtw8Xs

this is an amazing documentary about oud, one of the most exquisite inscence and perfumery ingredients. The first 5 minutes might be weird and boring to you but hold on:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv69pYSm2oo

Today's cosmeceutical talk is about apigenin, a flavonoid present in celery and chamomile:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BM0stE4Aiy7/?taken-by=skinchakra

No weekend special this weekend. Just sharing this gorgeous sunrise with you

most of you ask about the persistence of bubbles in your products. Even our products are created with bubbles. The higher the viscosity (shear stress to be exact) the more persistent the bubbles.

Today's cosmeceutical talk is about Hesperidin:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BNHe1-9Azsi/?taken-by=skinchakra

and here some more links:
http://www.nature.com/ejcn/journal/v57/n2/abs/1601547a.html

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ptr.1074/abstract

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014827X01011119

http://www.skintherapyletter.com/2000/5.4/2.html

http://www.mdpi.com/2079-9284/2/2/48/htm

isn't that crazy? No evidence of aloe in tens of commercial aloe products:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-22/no-evidence-of-aloe-vera-found-in-the-aloe-vera-at-wal-mart-cvs

some suppliers have the habit of selling hydrogenated oils as fanciful plant waxes. http://skinchakra.eu/blog/archives/410-The-confusing-world-of-natural-waxes-in-cosmetics-Part-I.html

more than 20% discount on our organic sweet almond oil for this weekend: https://shop.skinchakra.eu/en/Cosmetic-Lab/Plant-oils-butters-and-waxes/Organic-sweet-almond-oil.html

If you've purchased an unpreserved and already contaminated hydrosol, you can not simply reverse the contamination by adding a preservative to your product.

can you imagine using autums leaves from your garden as cosmetic pigments?
http://cosmetics.specialchem.com/news/industry-news/natural-pigments-derived-from-autumn-leaves-vtt-000184796?lr=ico1611107&li=30025298&m_i=8UY8cI5ynHCfmuhb8Kp2KoxWQ4J72tNp2qNo35Tc3Y_XWtb921NW0nM8dz7OY4uzQaKve53n5yB9mri_nETzyjRhobRY8_#utm_source=NL&utm_medium=EML&utm_campaign=ico1611107

you can boost Dermosoft 1388 eco in water based formulations with Pentylene glycol . PG is a self-preserving ingredient by concentrations >5% but you can use it @1-2% in combination with dermosoft

this is a very interesting article about the preservative market and the difficulties in preservative innovation. You've probably not even heard about most of the preservatives mentioned here but the overall article may give you an idea why there are so little preservatives available and why the progress is so slow:
http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i47/Restrictions-cosmetic-preservatives-ramp.html

last week's conference video is online now. We have sponsored the ingredients of the workshop and have had an amazing time with Formula Botanic and its students
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqu70tfWXbY

we usually advocate artisan skincare formulators keep their fingers away from sunscree. This FDA update might help you understand why it is impossible to make artisanal sunscreens
http://www.cosmeticsdesign.com/Regulation-Safety/FDA-announces-new-sun-screen-ingredient-safety-efficacy-guidelines?nocount

25% weekend discount on our sunflower lecithin: https://shop.skinchakra.eu/en/Cosmetic-Lab/Emulsifiers/Sunflower-Lecithin-non-GMO.html

Celebrating our very first customer in Zambia

have you ever checked what could happen to your butters and balms if the accidentally melt and re-solidify? http://skinchakra.eu/blog/archives/474-How-to-stability-test-balmd-and-butters.html