Cosmetic Ingredients

Lye - Caustic Soda / Sodium Hydroxide Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) is also known as Lye, Caustic Soda. This product, when dissolved in water, generates a lot of heat. Use extreme caution when...

Menthol Crystals Description: Menthol crystals are a compound obtained from peppermint oil.  They are clear to white with a cool minty fresh odour.   Soluble in alcohol and oils. The anti-fungal...

Myrrh Gum Granules Botanical Name: Commiphora myrrha Description: Myrrh is mainly found in Ethiopia, Somalia, Saudi-Arabia, Iran and Thailand. It is a material that has been used in perfumes, incense,...

Myrrh Resinoid Liquid Botanical Name: Commiphora myrrha Main Constituents: Monoterpene and Sesqueterpene: 62 - 67% Plant Part: Resin Origin: India Processing Method: Solvent Extraction using Benzyl Benzoate Appearance: A medium to viscous, dark brown liquid. Aroma: A...

Naticide Feature: INCI: Parfum or FragranceNaticide is a Trade name and not acceptable for use on your product labels ingredient list. The correct INCI name for your label, when using...

Oatmeal Colloidal Powder Botanical Name: Avena sativa kernel Flour  Oatmeal Colloidal: A naturally occurring organic powder with cleansing, barrier, moisturising and anti-puritic properties.  Contains a variety of active ingredients including beta-glucans (responsible...

Organic Raw Sugar  Source: Sugar caneDescription: Loose medium grains for body scrubBenefits: Natural exfoliant for polishing the skin.Odour: Very mildColour: Light brownSolubility: Water soluble best suited to oil based exfoliant formulations. Helpful Tips / Recipes:Body...

PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil Sold as a semi-solid or liquid raw material, this vegetable-based solubiliser is also used as a surfactant and cleanser in cosmetic preparations, and was designed for...

Petroleum Jelly Petroleum Jelly is a wonderfully rich, smooth product. It moisturises and protects while also restoring severely dry skin to its natural suppleness. It works well relieving minor burns...

Phenoxyethanol - Preservatives Appearance: Clear colourless to pale straw liquid Odour: Mild Characteristic odour PH: 7.0 (1% Solution @ 20C) Solubility: Dispersible in emulsions Soluble in ethyl alcohol 2% soluble...

Plantaserve E - Preservatives Description: Plantaserve E is a cosmetic preservative offering you broad based protection against bacteria, yeasts and mould fungi. It is a unique formulation with multi functional...

Plantaserve P (Saliguard PCG) - Preservatives Description: Clear to pale straw liquid Properties: Unique paraben-free and formaldehyde-free liquid blend preservative featuring phenoxyethanol as a primary active ingredient in an emollient...

Polysorbate 20 - Solubilisers This product is a Sorbaitan Monolaurate (Polysorbates) that has been ethoxylated with approximately 20 moles of ethlene oxide to produce a water soluble, oil and water...

Polysorbate 80 - Solubilisers Descrition: Polysorbate 80 is used as a non-ionic, hydrophilic emulsifier for cosmetic and pharmaceutical creams and ointments. Specification Documents

Potassium Sorbate INCI: Potassium Sorbate Potassium Sorbate is the potassium salt of sorbic acid, a naturally occurring organic compound found in some berries. Potassium sorbate is synthetically produced by neutralising...

Propylene Glycol Propylene glycol is essentially colourless and has a slight odour.    Propylene glycol is completely miscible with water and many organic solvents and will dissolve a number of...