by Shani Vermeulen | Nov 14, 2022 | Blog
It is a known fact that the more disposable income a person has, the more often they buy products they want, not need. So, many of these products are designed to be relatively cheap and disposable, and when no longer needed, become waste. When I read Alvin Toffler’s...
by Shani Vermeulen | Oct 31, 2022 | Blog, Functional ingredients
Cosmetic Ingredients has been appointed as the distributor for the Ellamera (Kraton) polymers . These versatile ingredients can be used to gel mineral oils as well as some natural oils and esters. They can also be used in Emulsions. Well known features and benefits...
by Shani Vermeulen | Oct 31, 2022 | Blog
The polarity of an oil determines how strongly it will be attracted or repelled by another molecule or compound. In a similar way that polarity plays a major role when oil (non-polar) and water (highly polar) separate when mixed, the polarity in different types of oil...
by Shani Vermeulen | Aug 23, 2022 | Blog, Hair and Scalp
The interdependent relationship between the hair and the scalp is often overlooked – the hair protects the scalp against UV radiation, moisture loss, and the environment, while the scalp hosts the hair follicles as incubators for the preemergent hair fibers. Though...
by Shani Vermeulen | Aug 23, 2022 | Blog, Hair and Scalp
Fossil evidence from 150 million years ago proves that honeybees have been around longer than humans. This is probably also why they are the most studied creatures by humans after mankind. Ancient civilisations used honey in food and medicine and today it is still...
