Hair Care Archives – Skin Foodie

12 Jul

How to Make Fragrances Last Longer in Skincare and Haircare Products

July 12, 2025
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When you’ve crafted the perfect whipped butter or shampoo but the scent fades two hours after application, it’s frustrating. For both professional formulators and DIY skincare makers, ensuring long-lasting fragrance isn’t just about customer...

25 Jun

Hair Care, Skincare, Wellness

Surfactants 101 – How to Pick the Perfect One for Your Skincare or Haircare Formulas

June 25, 2025
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If you’re formulating cleansers, body washes, shampoos, or micellar waters, there’s one ingredient group you can’t ignore, surfactants. These hardworking molecules lift dirt, oil, and impurities off the skin and hair, basically, the unsung...

06 Jun

Hair Care, Lifestyle, Skincare

Essential Oils in Skincare: How to Choose the Right Ones for Your Formulations

June 6, 2025
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Essential oils are more than just lovely scents, they're potent, concentrated plant extracts that bring a range of skin-loving benefits to any formulation. From calming inflamed skin to brightening dull complexions, these oils can...

12 Dec

Hair Care, Lifestyle, Skincare, Wellness

Shield Your Skin: Essential Ingredients to Combat Harmattan Dryness

December 12, 2024
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The Harmattan season is here — a time of cool mornings, dusty winds, and dry air that can turn your skin into a flaky, ashy, irritated mess. This weather doesn’t just challenge your wardrobe; it’s...

01 Nov

Hair Care, Lifestyle, Skincare

Ingredients To Boost Skin Feel And Hydration

November 2, 2024
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In the world of small-batch beauty and DIY formulation, creating products that customers will fall in love with starts with understanding the ingredients that deliver not just results, but a truly indulgent experience. When...

15 Jul

Hair Care

9 Natural Oils For Black Hair

July 17, 2024
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Black Hair encompasses a wide range of textures, from tightly coiled to loosely curled, and can vary greatly in thickness, density, and porosity. Black hair is considered versatile and diverse and so is the...

02 Jan

Hair Care

4 NATURAL OILS FOR HAIR CARE

May 9, 2024
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We all dream of that effortlessly stunning hair that commands attention, right? But, achieving and maintaining such gorgeous locks may often seem like a tall dream, this is because main stream information on hair...

15 Sep

Hair Care, Lifestyle, Skincare, Wellness

Vitamin E As A Natural Antioxidant In Cosmetic Formulation

September 15, 2023
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When it comes to skincare, vitamin E often slides under the radar when compared to more commonly known vitamins like B and C. However, the benefits of this powerful antioxidants in cosmetic formulations cannot...

28 May

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10 Plant Oils With Low Comedogenic Ratio

May 9, 2024
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Plant oils, also known as carrier oils are considered a foundational ingredient in most formulations. Along with hydrous ingredients, they typically form the bulk of most natural skin care formulations. Plant oils are nutrients...

03 Jul

Hair Care, Skincare

How Hydrolyzed Silk Protein Really Works In Your Formulation

May 9, 2024
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Silk protein is a fibrous protein formed by converting silk from the cocoon of the silkworm. Since its discovery for beauty, it has been used in countless beauty products. Historically, silk cocoons are popular...

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