This article revisits the roles of formulators and process engineers in product scale-up. It demonstrates where issues may arise to help anticipate them and speed their resolution – or prevent them. It also provides tips to assist in the scale-up process.

A few months ago we shared the formulation for this Acai balm which was one of our most popular formulations and one of my own favorites during this fall/winter

Acai facial balm for fall/winterWith the weather becoming colder in the Northern hemisphere the…

Engaging the fine motor system to produce letters by hand has positive effects on learning and memory

Since we have just restocked the sclerotium gum I am into creating low viscosity emulsions and we are sharing the formulation for a KISS emulsion to help you jumpstart into making stable low viscosity emulsions.

This emulsion is a warm-cold process since…

PGE2 is associated with inflammation-induced erythema. The combination of skincare ingredients, namely allantoin, bisabolol, D-panthenol and dipotassium glycyrrhizinate (AB5D), reduced the levels of ...

New law to cut packaging waste goes further than UK regulations on single-use plastics introduced last year

Acne treatments from brands including Proactiv and Clinique have elevated levels of the carcinogen, an independent testing lab said in a petition filed with the FDA.

Calendula is one of my all-time favorites and I use it a lot, I mean a lot, in my hand creams and balms.
We have published several calendula cream and balm formulations here and you can refer to them before going to the formulation for this rich calendula…

I can not help singing the praise of the lotion bars.

I have mentioned this a zillion times and am going to repeat it again: these are the products to start with if you are an artisanal formulator with a limited budget.

Even the big industry has now realized…

I wanted to create an elegant rich cream for the latest days of the cold and windy weather. This is a rich cream yet thanks to the triheptanoin it feels silky and non-greasy over the skin. We are using the cross-linked hyaluron here for the ease of use compared…

Lysolecithin is an emulsifier that can be used hot or cold and obviously and for the planet's sake we shall cold process as much as it is possible. Sometimes however you need to hot or warm process because you are using certain ingredients that are not cold…

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