Plain-language guides to formats, ingredients, packaging and compliance — written by the people who run the lines.
A pressed powder is a compacted blend held by a binder. Binder dose and press force decide whether it crumbles or refuse…
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A lipstick is a wax-oil-pigment suspension poured hot and cooled fast. Wax ratio, pour temperature and shrink decide whe…
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Shea butter is a triglyceride blend with a high unsaponifiable fraction. That fraction is why it feels rich and why it c…
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Every cleanser is a surfactant blend. The blend, not the foam, decides how mild it is and how much it strips.
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Pigment that is not fully dispersed reads as grain, streaking and a cast. Grind size, wetting and mill energy are the th…
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Remove the water and most stability problems disappear. What remains is oxidation, crystallisation and a texture that mu…
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