Kakadu plum leaf and fruit extract show activity in reducing body odour:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ics.12403/full

Learning about skin microbiota during a congress

Read our latest blog post about Amazonian butters here:
Read the latest blog post I've written for Formula Botanica here:
https://formulabotanica.com/5-amazonian-butters/

Read our latest blog post for an anti-acne toner
https://skinchakra.eu/blog/archives/529-Bye-bye-acne-facial-toner.html

Organic raspberry seed oil, rich in linoleic and linolenic acid is added to our shop: https://shop.skinchakra.eu/en/Cosmetic-Lab/Plant-oils-butters-and-waxes/Raspberry-seed-oil-organic.html

how to modify the viscosity of an emulsion?

Homogenizer vs stirrer? Watch this video on our FB page to see the difference: https://www.facebook.com/SkinChakra/videos/1718434214896804/

Back to our weekend special offers after a break. 20% discount on our elderberry oil for this weekend: https://shop.skinchakra.eu/en/Cosmetic-Lab/Plant-oils-butters-and-waxes/Elderberry-oil.html

Have you ever wondered what it needs to participate in a trade fair? Read our latest blog post : https://skinchakra.eu/blog/archives/530-So,-you-want-to-participate-in-a-trade-fair-Guest-post.html

https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/molecule-of-the-week/archive/h/cis-3-hexen-1-ol.html?cid=home_motw

Not quite skincare related but suitable for Halloween

Polishing your memory about the skin structure. Courtesy of GOVA ingredients

this is a fabulous blog post about natural ways of adding colour to your formulations:
https://formulabotanica.com/38-natural-colourants-skincare/

Posting from Formula Botanica confetence

Takeaway from the amazing branding presentation

Therapeutic properties of rosehip oil and CO2 extract are due to low concentrations of trans-retinoic acid

We've added an organic St John's wort extract to our online shop: https://shop.skinchakra.eu/en/Cosmetic-Lab/Plant-extracts/Organic-St-John-s-wort-oil.html

The colour of the extract is not the conventional red you usually see in hypericum extracts because the extract is free from the photosensitizing hypericin, instead of that, it contains hyperforin which has anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antioxidant properties but has no photosentitizing risk:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S093964111300235X