Today's cosmeceuticals talk is about tocopherols:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BNrawwlg59p/?taken-by=skinchakra

Check this post on our blog about stability of vitamin E with many useful links:
http://skinchakra.eu/blog/archives/428-Thermal-stability-of-Tocopherol.html

no microbeads anymore for Canada:
http://www2.specialchem.com/optiext/optiextension.dll?ID=CFoCt31i6oiYIu1LN%2B2DGdFcqLxbwlkbdPnNm7Cp3KnulTiKZzb1DJSvlk9HJRM3Rx2HHkvJ7HN38e_OsisXbzNT5%2BUDCJ

20% discount on our newly arrived Amazonian oil, pequi fruit oil till Monday

Macadamia oil rich in oleic and palmitoleic acid, gamma tocopherol and beta-sitosterol. An excellent hair and skin care ingredient

Celebrating our very first customer in Poland

not skincare related but a very interesting article about soy isoflavones and the controversy about their impact on breast cancer:
http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/dietary-factors/phytochemicals/soy-isoflavones

Today's cosmeceuticals on Tuesday is about lycopene, a non-provitamin A carotenoid
https://www.instagram.com/p/BN9g1HxgYlo/?taken-by=skinchakra

more about lycopene:
http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/dietary-factors/phytochemicals/carotenoids

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11192026

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0939641108000398

not cosmetic related, but an example of "mind your claims". Although citric acid is not listed as a preservative in cosmetics, it's pH-regulating and chelating properties boost preservative performance. In food however, citric acid is considered as preservative:
http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Regulation/Nestle-USA-to-fight-lawsuit-over-citric-acid-in-Lean-Cuisine

20% discount for our organic apricot kernel oil:https://shop.skinchakra.eu/en/Cosmetic-Lab/Plant-oils-butters-and-waxes/Apricot-kernel-oil-organic-and-cold-pressed.html

organic plum seed oil available from next week on our online shop

Did you know that you can use your magnetic stirrer to make oleogels? The process is not much faster than the manual process but it spares you the whole muscle workout

New shipping prices and this is a permanent policy and not just a weekend special. Just to thank you for your ever increasing orders. Have a merry Christmas

we've not yet resumed our shipment but you can go ahead and order the newly arrived organic plum seed oil. We'll restart shipping the next week:

https://shop.skinchakra.eu/en/Cosmetic-Lab/Plant-oils-butters-and-waxes/Plum-seed-oil-organic-virgin.html

I stumbled upon a new class of shampoo: anti-residue shampoo and had a look at their claims and ingredients. oh my, oh my. Look at the ingredients, even the preservative is a formaldehyde donor. !!!!!

Salmonella divides every 20 minutes. Just imagine howmany salmonellas you'll have in a cream jar if you start with just one unwanted guest and your preservative wouldn't be efficient to kill them.

emulsions, foam, viscosity and flow explained in the most yummy way . It is more about food chemistry but has much in common with cosmetics (except the fact that I personally can not cook but can make creams and emulsions). Have a fabulous LAST Friday of the year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s1xJgEUX-o

wishing all of you a happy and prosperous new year. May each day be blessed with hope, health, peace and satisfaction