This can happen when you close the lid of a balm before it is cooled down. The balm is waterless and self-preserving but the water vapour in the overhead condenses and can cause a contamination

Organic helichrysum oil is now available on our online shop: https://shop.skinchakra.eu/en/Cosmetic-Lab/Organic-hydrosols-and-essential-oils/Organic-helichrysum-oil.html

Read our latest blog post here: https://skinchakra.eu/blog/archives/585-How-to-make-a-self-emulsifying-clay-cleansing-balm.html

our wild crafted passionfruit seed oil is available again: https://shop.skinchakra.eu/en/Cosmetic-Lab/Plant-oils-butters-and-waxes/Passion-fruit-seed-oil.html

Our latest tutorial is online now: https://skinchakra.eu/blog/archives/588-Not-without-my-morning-coffee-how-to-make-a-coffee-shower-gel.html

This is a recently published article and although it studies frying and cooking oils, the basic information about the oxidation process and the antioxidants efficacy is relevant to our cosmetic oils as well. A little bit too technical for non-chemists yet quite interesting:

https://www.aocs.org/stay-informed/read-inform/featured-articles/enhancing-oxidative-stability-and-shelf-life-of-frying-oils-with-antioxidants-september-2018

Read our blog post about the "selected oil of the month" for October here:
https://skinchakra.eu/blog/archives/586-Rose-hip-oil-the-queen-of-scar-treatment.html

During the whole month of October, we have a 20% discount on our organic rose hip oil:
https://shop.skinchakra.eu/en/Cosmetic-Lab/Plant-oils-butters-and-waxes/Rosehip-oil.html

Follow our latest tutorial via this link: https://skinchakra.eu/blog/archives/590-Halloween-special-self-emulsifying-cleansing-balm.html

composition of skin lipids

Read our latest blog post about vitamin C in skincare: https://skinchakra.eu/blog/archives/592-Vitamin-C-skincare.html

this is a long but amazing article about the constituents and properties of moringa oleifera (different parts of the plant)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1995764516307143

Read our latest tutorial for these halloween self-emulsifying bath truffles: https://skinchakra.eu/blog/archives/591-Halloween-special-self-emulsifying-bath-melts.html

as a green formulator, you probably don't use any colorant in your formulations but you may find this latest update to allowed colorants in the EU useful
http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/pdf/COSING_Annex%20IV_v2.pdf

Check our latest tutorial for this self-emulsifying cleansing oil: https://skinchakra.eu/blog/archives/589-Sensitive-skin-Try-this-mild,-self-emulsifying-cleansing-oil.html

This infographic is only limited to the US, you may find it interesting anyway:

https://www.happi.com/contents/view_infographics/2018-10-22/who-are-todays-organic-consumers/

Read our latest blog post for the tutorial to this activated charcoal deo stick: https://skinchakra.eu/blog/archives/594-Activated-charcoal-deodorant-stick-inspired-by-Jilly.html

this is an amazing (and long) open access article about the stability of essential oils:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1541-4337.12006

as much as we disagree with animal testing, we feel it necessary to share this article.
Whereas all the world is concerned about cosmetic ingredients, there are disgusting ingredients (being either deliberately added or existing as contamination) in our food and clothing without being really reflected in the media:

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jafc.8b02952