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Formula Botanica Community: Distance Learning, Surprisingly Connected
Formula Botanica Conference Attendees, 2016. Photo courtesy of Formula Botanica. Formula Botanica Community: The School’s Greatest Asset? If you have been following my blog or social media, you may know that I am a student at Formula Botanica, the world’s leading organic cosmetic formulation school. Formula Botanica is accredited, award-winning, and 100% online. They train
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What Formula Botanica Taught Me about Preservatives in Cosmetics
Elevate Your Green Beauty Expertise with Formula Botanica Formula Botanica is the world’s leading international accredited organic cosmetic science school. This award-winning online school has taught almost 4,000 students in 124 countries how to formulate professional-grade organic skincare and haircare. For the most part, Formula Botanica students have entrepreneurial dreams of launching their own lines,
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TULA Probiotic Skin Care Review: More than Hype?
Can topical probiotics live up to the hype? First, up TULA Probiotic Skincare What Attracted Me to the Line: I have seen probiotics do amazing things for health when taken internally, so the idea of applying them topically was very intriguing to me. The idea is that topical probiotics can strengthen
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SunSafe Rx: Anti-Aging Protection You Can Eat
Anyone who cares about the health and appearance of their skin ought to be interested in the best sun protection available. Why? Aside from health issues including skin cancer, sun exposure causes up to 90% of the visible changes attributed to aging, and even identical twins with a difference in sun exposure have a perceived
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VOLANTE Skincare: Best Facial Firming Products?
VOLANTE Skincare appealed to me from the moment I watched a Youtube video of its founder, Elizabeth VanderVeer, explaining her approach to skincare and announcing it is time to “stop waging war on your skin.” Elizabeth believes that inflammation of skin is ultimately the major cause of both skin damage and
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Beneath Your Mask: Does This Ecoluxe Skincare Line Deliver Healing & Beautifying Results?
Let’s talk about Beneath Your Mask, the phenomenal new skincare line from Ms. Dana Jackson. If you haven’t read her personal story about her life-threatening battle with lupus and how that led her to start Beneath Your Mask, you are missing out on some powerful inspiration. Please do yourself a favor and
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Your Best Face (YBF) Skincare: A Line that Lives Up to Its Name
Not long after I started researching interesting actives, I came across Your Best Face (YBF) Skincare, an artisanal skincare line that seemed to feature almost all of them across its range of products. I inquired about the products, and YBF Founder and Formulator Darrell Owens personally responded, generously granting me the opportunity to sample and
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CyberDERM Simply Zinc Sun Whip: A Natural and Highly Blendable Sunscreen with 22% Zinc Oxide?
CyberDERM, also known as the Sunscreen Company, was founded by two Canadian physicians who happen to be married to each other: Dr. Denis Dudley, a retired obstetrician and reproductive endocrinologist, and Dr. Sharyn Laughlin, a renowned dermatologist. The Sunscreen Company makes two incredible sun protection products (with more formulations to come): Every Morning Sun Whip
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Uliv Skincare Golden Chai Facial Soufflé: Meet the Delicious $39 Organic Face Cream Refinery29 named “a $200 face cream in disguise”
Uliv Skincare Golden Chai Facial Soufflé: Glowing, Anti-Inflammatory, Antioxidant, Skin-Healing Organic Goodness I first heard about Uliv Golden Chai Facial Soufflé through buzz it generated at the Indie Beauty Expo. My interest was immediately piqued when I read that the ingredients included turmeric and Manuka honey, two of
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JeNu Plus Ultrasonic Infuser with Marine Collagen Gel: Pictures over 30 Days
The JeNu Plus Ultrasonic Infuser: is easy to charge and clean, compact, and takes up virtually no counter space. The experience is quiet and painless. Using it, I fee a very subtle sensation; it does not feel extreme or unsettling in the least, nor is its ultrasonic action at all irritating for my sensitive skin. Using