The Ultimate Guide to Natural Essential Oils: Ensuring 100% Purity
Let's explore how to decipher essential oil labels, uncover crucial information, and make informed choices when it comes to EO usage.
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Ana Novinc
- Jan 23
- 5 min
LANOLIN LIP BALM for chapped lips
My must-have winter-time lip protector with only 3 ingredients. Plain gorgeous. Wondrously efficient. And simple to make.
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Ana Novinc
- Jan 18
- 3 min
2-minute AROMATHERAPEUTIC OIL recipe
A quick recipe that you can use during your favorite self-care ritual for a calm, present, heart-happy & healthy NY 2023!
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Ana Novinc
- Dec 29, 2022
- 5 min
How to formulate dry body butters (+ Mandarin & Cinnamon Dry Body Butter formula)
Soft, silky body butter with a powdery finish that feels light and luxurious and does not leave your skin feeling heavy, greasy or oily.
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Ana Novinc
- Aug 11, 2022
- 6 min
FACE & DECOLLETAGE FIRMING SERUM with dermo-filler & coenzyme Q10
A light Sucragel emulsion with an amazing spread that just sinks into the skin, divinely scented with feminine floral notes.
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Ana Novinc
- Aug 1, 2022
- 3 min
Formulating with Sucrose Stearate: A must-have emulsifier in your lab
Get ready for some details about formulating with a very special, versatile, skin-loving ingredient in today's mini guide.
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Ana Novinc
- Jul 7, 2022
- 6 min
PURIFYING MARINE jelly mask
Let's make this stunning, cold-process, purifying, sebum-regulating, refreshing jelly mask inspired by the marine world and the color green.
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Ana Novinc
- Apr 21, 2022
- 2 min
Lightweight oil serum formula + my top 10 DIY oil infusions
Flower-boosted lightweight serum that is easily applied, nicely absorbed and leaves your skin feeling feather-light with a smooth finish.
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Ana Novinc
- Apr 21, 2022
- 7 min
Beginner's guide to oil infusions: How to make plant-infused oils
Nature is waking up and this is a perfect time to make some lovely oil infusions by extracting your favorite springtime plants.
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Ana Novinc
- Dec 12, 2021
- 6 min
Formulating with Sucragel: oleogel DOs & DON'Ts
Find out how you can make a variety of trendy skincare products using one star ingredient - Sucragel.
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Ana Novinc
- Sep 3, 2021
- 5 min
JASMINE RICE CLEANSING BAR for sensitive skin
My latest 6-ingredient beauty recipe for a simple, gentle, and effective cleansing bar with rice flour and jasmine infused rice bran oil.
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Ana Novinc
- Apr 5, 2021
- 4 min
Transitioning from winter to springtime routine: TOP 4 tips
4 TOP tips on how to prepare your skin for sunnier days ahead.
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Ana Novinc
- Feb 23, 2021
- 3 min
THE FORMULATOR'S PROSPERITY PLAN: 10 questions for undeniable motivation and formulator's success
10 important questions that will help you gain clarity, focus, and boost your skincare-making motivation when things get tough.
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Ana Novinc
- Dec 16, 2020
- 2 min
A last-minute DIY gift: Tub tea set box
A super simple (and safe!) 4-ingredient TUB TEA base formula that you can upgrade as you want and desire.
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Ana Novinc
- Nov 30, 2020
- 2 min
Unpreserved in-shower anhydrous products. Is it possible?
Some of the formulations used with running water like shampoo bars or clay bars are made without preservatives. How is that possible?
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Ana Novinc
- Oct 24, 2020
- 4 min
Winning Candy Grapes Whipped Foot Scrub
Candy Grapes Whipped Foot Scrub formula that is fluffy, heavenly smelling, washes off nicely, and leaves the feet smooth and nourished.
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Ana Novinc
- Sep 15, 2020
- 5 min
Accessible skincare knowledge: 3 steps to organizing your skincare science literature (PART 2)
Organize your digital skincare data, keep your mind productive, and your search time investment at a minimum.
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Ana Novinc
- Aug 13, 2020
- 7 min
Accessible skincare knowledge: 3 steps to organizing your skincare science literature (PART 1)
Don't let any of the important cosmetic info and skincare education that you've worked so hard to get just slip away or get misplaced.
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