TaraLee

🎃 Sneak Peek at my final Potion for the Halloween Series. 👻
🐈‍⬛ Luna & I have had so much fun coming up with these spooky themed formulas.

Have you tried any of the formulas yourself yet?
💭Let us know how it went. 🐈‍⬛
💋My favorite so far is the lip stain. I've used it almost daily!

🧪 Formula for the final spooky Potion is currently available on Patreon
www.patreon.com/c/taraleee

Video Coming Soon!

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10 hours ago (edited) | [YT] | 23

TaraLee

You don't need to preserve oils, you only need an antioxidant.

Body oils, face oils, or anything made with ONLY oil soluble ingredients like natural oils, emollient esters, butters, even oil soluble extracts, do not need a preservative.

Preservatives are used in our cosmetics, to prevent mold, yeast, & bacteria from growing. This can only happen, when water is present in the formula.

Where there is water, there is life. This means there needs to be water present in order for there to be a chance for growing mold, yeast, or bacteria.

But......Natural Oils and products made with oil based ingredients do go RANCID. This means the oil has lost it's potency. The vitamins in it have degraded and it will have this off smell. Yes, it can still make your skin feel soft and moisturized, but all that goodness in the oils have degraded, so you won't be getting those vitamins from that oil anymore.

The perfect way to extend the shelf life of your body oils, face oils, or any other anhydrous formula is to add in tocopherols, aka Vitamin E.

Do not go running to your nearest grocery store and picking up the vitamin E there. That isn't pure tocopherols, it's extremely diluted. What you want is either mixed Tocopherol T-50 or mixed Tocopherols 95%.

Tocopherol T-50 "is a 50% active concentration of natural mixed tocopherols concentrated to contain naturally occurring d-alpha, d-beta, d-gamma and d-delta tocopherols" - purchase on naturalbulksupplies.com

Tocopherols 95% "is a 95% active blend of natural mixed tocopherols isolated from the distillation of soybean oil and concentrated to contain naturally occurring d-alpha, d-beta, d-gamma and d-delta tocopherols." - purchase on lotioncrafter.com

I've heard of people immediately adding in tocopherols to their natural oils to start protecting them from going rancid as soon as possible, but I've never tried that method.

Do you add tocopherols to your natural oils before using them in formulas? What does that routine look like for you?

But what about Vitamin E Acetate?
Vitamin E Acetate is a derivative of Vitamin E. It's a highly stable version of vitamin E that will last much longer in your cosmetics, but it does not help with preventing your natural oils from going rancid. But will add great antioxidant benefits to the skin and is not light sensitive and will be stable for much longer in your cosmetics.

TLDR
Vitamin E Acetate - is used in cosmetics where there is no natural oils presents. (only emollient esters like Caprylic capric triglyceride, coco caprylate, and squalane for example) It adds antioxidant protection to your skin and is much more stable.

Tocopherol T-50 & Tocopherols 95% - can be used to prevent your natural oils from going rancid. Adds antioxidant protection to your formulation and will add antioxidant protection to skin, but degrades faster in formula.

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1 week ago | [YT] | 167

TaraLee

👩‍🔬Time to open up the lab for a little ingredient exploration again!
There are a few actives I’ve never Formulated with...
✨ Tranexamic Acid
✨ Azelaic Acid
✨ Mandelic Acid
Drop your vote below, which one do you want me to deep dive into next? 🧪

✨Tranexamic Acid
treats uneven skin tone

helps treat melasma or stubborn dark spots

helps create a more overall brighter complexion.

Skin type:
Generally okay for all skin types, including sensitive skin, but could cause dryness for some. But should be okay for most people.


✨Azelaic Acid
Can help clear Acne by killing acne causing bacteria.

Can help treat Redness prone or rosacea prone skin

Can help with uneven skintone or mild hyperpigmentation

Skin type:
Great for sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin. It shouldn't be irritating like glycolic or lactic acid although some people may experience mild dryness or tingling/burning/stinging.


✨Mandelic Acid
An alpha hydroxy acid (AHA) derived from bitter almonds. It penetrates the skin more slowly and is more gentle on the skin due to it's larger structure. It doesn't penetrate the skin as much as glycolic or lactic acid.

Can help treat acne by using it's anti-bacterial & anti-inflammatory properties

Brighten dull skin. Make an overall more brighter complexion.

Combat early signs of aging.

Gently Exfoliates Skin

Skin type:
Great for sensitive skin that may not tolerate stronger AHAs like glycolic acid. Also well suited for acne prone skin due to its antibacterial action.


Sources

www.webmd.com/beauty/health-benefits-mandelic-acid

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10969640/

www.bannerhealth.com/healthcareblog/teach-me/azela…

1 week ago | [YT] | 40

TaraLee

👻 Spooky Season is HERE and she is invading my lab 🧪
🐈‍⬛ Luna and I have been busy brewing up some magical potions.🔮

Can't wait to share all the beauty spells with you 🪄

Dropping this Sunday 9/12

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2 weeks ago | [YT] | 94

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Those selling cosmetics in the UK, check out Jenna's Channel. She has so much educational content about selling cosmetics in the UK. This can also help those outside the UK who want to sell within the UK.

1 month ago | [YT] | 15

TaraLee

Check out this lovely tutorial on how to make your own Rose Water at home. If you have ever wanted to make your own, I highly recommend this method. Hope you enjoy! 💗😍✨

1 month ago | [YT] | 27

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I've been trying to brainstorm a way to create Badges for the youtube member tiers along with Exclusive Emojis members can use. I ended up going with little photos of all my cats. As we know, the Queen of all Cats, Luna herself will be most of these Badges and Emojis, but I did include one of Shiggy and one of Baby. (shiggy is the 3rd photo, tiger cat. & Baby is the second photo, tortoiseshell cat.)
Here is a sneak peek at the Welcome Member Badge, 1 Month Badge, 2 Month Badge, 6 Month Badge, & 1 Year Badge.

I also added custom emojis of my cats too. I may end up reaching out to a 3rd party eventually to have little graphics made of my cats, but I kinda like the actual photos of them. 😻

Youtube members in the $1 tier get priority reply to comments. So if you have formulating questions, its a great way to get advice.
Youtube members in the $5 tier get priority reply to comments, along with 2 bonus videos every month, & access to my exclusive website with blog versions of all my formulas, Excel spreadsheets to recalculate formulas, PDF files so you can download and print off the recipes, & so much more.

If you have access to patreon in your country, I recommend becoming a Patreon member instead of a youtube member. It's the same price, but comes with more perks, just not the custom badges and emojis. www.patreon.com/c/taraleee

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2 months ago | [YT] | 62

TaraLee

You can see what I found in my skincare products from years ago.
Watch over on patreon or right here on youtube if you become a member.

www.patreon.com/c/taraleee

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