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Some of you have asked about natural gums: What you need to know about natural gums (part I)

this is an amazing open-access article about baobab oil. (ignore the fact that they are using a refined oil though)

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0102-695X2017000100001&script=sci_arttext

our latest tutorial is online now: https://skinchakra.eu/blog/archives/582-How-to-make-a-scrub-gel.html

This is unfortunately not confined to cookbooks, we have daily examples in the world of skincare with self-named experts publishing unsafe recipes endangering their followers:

https://www.thisisinsider.com/instagram-cookbook-recalled-outcry-over-toxic-ingredients-2018-8

Friends in India:

https://www.cosmotechexpoindia.com/

aromatherapy enthusiasts in Europe:

http://botanica2018.com/

This is a very interesting article about the wound-healing process in general and wound healing properties of fenugreek.
Apart from its wound healing properties, fenugreek is used in traditional ayurvedic medicine and in modern cosmeceuticals and pharmaceuticals for its anti-inflammatory properties as well is its hair growth promotion and anti-hair loss properties

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Akash_Raza3/publication/326438901_Therapeutic_Potential_of_Trigonella_foenum-graecum_for_Chronic_Wound_Healing/links/5b4d7c080f7e9b240fe508af/Therapeutic-Potential-of-Trigonella-foenum-graecum-for-Chronic-Wound-Healing.pdf

You can order our organic fenugree CO2 extract via this link:
https://shop.skinchakra.eu/en/Cosmetic-Lab/Plant-extracts/Fenugreek-CO2-extract.html

European friends:
http://www.luxepack.com/en/

Read our latest blog post for the tutorial to this cleansing stick with clay: https://skinchakra.eu/blog/archives/583-How-to-make-a-clay-facial-cleansing-stick.html

Did you know that camelina oil is a low oleic acid oil with a high content of omega-3 and omega-6, ca. 4000 ppm phytosterols and 800 ppm tocopherols?

It's finally available. We have been testing this ingredient for more than a year and it's finally available: https://shop.skinchakra.eu/en/Cosmetic-Lab/Emulsifiers/Polyglyceryl-4-oleate.html

Read our latest blog post to learn how to make a self-emulsifying shower oil: https://skinchakra.eu/blog/archives/571-Minty-self-emulsifying-shower-oil.html

in our latest blog post, Jilly reviews a lab scales and shares her experience with you: https://skinchakra.eu/blog/archives/584-Suitable-scales-for-skincae-formulation-lab.html

virgin ojon oil is available again: https://shop.skinchakra.eu/en/Cosmetic-Lab/Plant-oils-butters-and-waxes/Ojon-oil-wild-crafted-cold-pressed.html