The Benefits of B3 aka Niacinamide in Skincare
You may take vitamins each morning but did you know vitamins also show up in many hair and skin care products. B3 (niacinamide) has...
Surprising Benefits of Getting Outdoors on Your Physical and Mental Health and Well-Being
Currently I’m spending time with family and enjoy being surrounded by gorgeous deciduous forest. When my kids were little they loved...
Ingredient Deep Dive: Polysorbate 80
Polysorbate 80 is a commonly used ingredient in both the cosmetics and food industry. In a nutshell it helps oil and water mix. It can be...
Ingredient Deep Dive: What are Fruit Acids and Why are They in My Skincare?
Have you ever noticed things such as bilberry, lemon, orange, pineapple, grape, passionfruit, sugar cane, or sugar maple extracts in your...
The Hype Over Hyaluronic acid
Although it was first discovered in the 1930s and introduced as a cosmetic ingredient in the 70s hyaluronic acid (HA) is getting a lot of...
Truth Serum: Exposing "Clean and Natural Beauty" Myths
In the world of beauty and cosmetic formulating people often use a lot of terms such as clean, toxic, "chemical free", synthetic,...
How an Aromatherapy Steam Tent Can Help Ease Congestion and Fight Germs
If there is one thing plants and most essential oils are great at, it's fighting "germs". Plants, after all, live in dirt (unless your a...
Sweeten Your Skin Care Routine: Harnessing the Power of Manuka Honey
As an aromatherapist and cosmetic formulator I love adding botanicals to my formulations And in this post I want to talk about honey. In...
An Easy Way to Stay Well or Feel Better Faster During Cold, Flu, and COVID Season
If there is one thing plants and most essential oils are great at, it's fighting "germs". Plants, after all, live in dirt (unless your a...
Truth Serum... Does Frankincense Essential Oil Diminish Dark Spots?
As an aromatherapist and cosmetic formulator I often have people ask questions about what certain essential oils "do". On several...
