How to calculate allergens

A hugely useful document that helps you to understand how to calculate the allergens that may be present in your essential or fragrance oils and therefore in your cosmetic product. This information is required for cosmetic labelling purposes.

This file is available for you to download for 30 days once payment has been received.

Plush Folly Guide - how to make natural Cleaning Products

A hugely useful document that includes information on how to use your cosmetic ingredients as regular household cleaning ingredients. 

Learn how to make glass shinier, neutralise those smelly shoes and trainers, remove stains and limescale, refresh your carpets and remove crusted, burnt on food from your saucepans!

Plush Folly Guide - Face Cream Recipes

A hugely useful PDF document containing the following skin care recipes:

Method and recipes for the following:

Body Butters:
Sun Kissed Treat
Silky Skin Kiss
Conditioning Body Butter
Light Legs Lotion
Beautiful Babe Belly Butter with added Argan
Orange Blossom Triple Whipped Body Hug
Muscle Magic

Face creams:
Silk Skin : Daily Hydration
Dry Skin Facial Quencher
Acne Aid Facial Skin Fixer (for spotty skin)
Rebalancing T-zone Booster
Just a Regular Happy Skin
Turn Around Age Repair
Super Hydrating
Super Soothing
Super Strengthening Night Cream
Antioxidant Super Booster
Perfection Night Cream
Eye Cream

Water Barrier Florist Hand Therapy

Please note that this information is also available in the Creams, Lotions and Body Butters Technical Manual. 

Learn about Floral Waters, Extracts & Infusions

A hugely useful document that guides you through making, choosing and using floral waters, extracts and infusions in your skin care products.

Find out which extracts can be helpful for different skin types and conditions, discover how to make a water or oil infusion or decoction and learn how to make your own tinctures or extracts.

We have included a simple list of helpful herbs and fantastic flowers so that you can identify which you may care to use in your handmade infusions.

Please note that this information is also available in the Creams, Lotions and Body Butters Technical Manual. 

Plush Folly Guide - Formulating Creams

A hugely useful document that takes you through formulating a range of skin care products including Happy Skin day cream, Bright & Breezy eye cream, Artisan Hand Rescue hand cream, Silky Soft Body Embrace body butter, Sleep Easy Face Treat night cream and Light Lotion body lotion. The guide includes how simple changes to the recipes can make it a different product.

Usage rates, making your creams thicker/thinner and reducing the oiliness are addressed.

We also include a list of additives that can be used to enhance your creams.

Please note that this information is also available in the Creams, Lotions and Body Butters Technical Manual. 

Using Carrier Oils

An enormously useful document containing information on over 35 carrier oils. The document includes a handy chart on the absorption speed and rate of oils and why this is important to understand when formulating your skin care products.

It also lists the oils typical shelf life of oils and how to keep them fresh for as long as possible. The oils fatty acids content are listed with information as to how each of these fatty acids can bring about a change to your skin.

Five facial oil recipes are included as part of the guide.

Please note that this information is also available in the Creams, Lotions and Body Butters Technical Manual. 

Using Emulsifiers

This handy guide includes the function and purpose of an emulsifer and explains how they work. A number of commercial emulsifiers are discussed as well as identifying waxes that won’t bind your oils and waters.

The guide also includes a recipe for a silky body butter, a nourishing night cream and a cooling after sun.

Please note that this information is also available in the Creams, Lotions and Body Butters Technical Manual. 

Using essential oils in skin care / Using essential oils in hair care

The Plush Folly guide to using essential oils in your skin and hair care products. This guide includes the handling and storage of essential oils, safety information extraction methods and patch testing.

It also includes 12 mood enhancing blends, 4 skin care blends, 11 hair care blends, recommended usage rates for facial, body and hair care products as well as a chart highlighting which oils are especially good for particular skin and hair conditions.

Please note that this information is also available in the  Creams, Lotions and Body Butters Technical Manual. 

Using Preservatives in Cosmetics

A hugely useful document that guides you through choosing and using a preservative. A number of commercial preservatives are discussed so that you can make an informed choice when deciding which preservative to use.

Best practices for minimising the introduction of bacteria during manufacturing are included as well as information on the tests your aqueous cosmetic products will need to have if you wish to sell them.

Not to be confused with a preservative, we have included a section on antioxidants.

Please note that this information is also available in the Creams, Lotions and Body Butters Technical Manual. 

A hugely useful document that explains how to calculate the percentages of ingredients used in your final formulas.

Find out how to easily calculate how much essential oil or preservative you should use.

Quickly and easily calculate your ingredient percentages for your safety assessment.

Please note that this information is also available in the Creams, Lotions and Body Butters Technical Manual. 

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