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Crafter's Choice™ Marshmallow Root Powder
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Marshmallow powder is used to provide a natural botanical element to cosmetic products. This comes in a fine, light powder with a slight aroma. This powder is made from the marshmallow root. It is great for hair care products because it is a natural detangler. It can also be used in soaps, lotions and creams for those with sensitive skin
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Preservative - Benzoic Acid +2 PF
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Formerly known as Optiphen ND. Ashland Chemical is the manufacturer and owner of the trademark Optiphen ND. We have received legal notice that small suppliers may no longer use the brand name of the product. Therefore on 11/20/2017 we have changed the product name as they have requested.
This a paraben free preservative that works best in surfactant based products including shampoos, conditioners, body washes and shower gels. Can also be used in creams and lotions where the pH is not above 6.0.This product contains benzoic acid which may be deactivated by the following non-ionic surfactants and emulsifiers: Ethoxylates, Alkoxylates, Cocamide, as the preservative may become inactive. Provides broad spectrum protection against bacteria, yeast, and mold. Does not contain formaldehyde or formaldehyde releasers.
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Crafter's Choice™ Sugar - White Granulated Sugar
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Our extra-fine white granulated sugar can be used to exfoliate and soften the skin in your handmade body scrubs and lip scrubs. White Sugar can also be used in bath melts, MP soap and Hot Process soap recipes.
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Crafter's Choice™ Sea Buckthorn Extract - Water Soluble
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Sea Buckthorn is thought to soothe irritated skin as well as hydrate and stimulate mature skin. Sea Buckthorn Extract is water soluble and can be used in a variety of skincare products including creams, lotions and more. Light scent.
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Crafter's Choice™ Aloe Vera Oil - Golden
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This Aloe Vera Oil is made from the maceration and processing of the Aloe Vera plant in soybean oil, which gives it the golden color. Our Golden Aloe Vera Oil is an amazing additive to handmade cosmetics and is also effective to use as is on the skin and hair. This product can be added to your lotions, creams, bath fizzies, soaps, conditioners and more to increase moisturizing properties!
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Crafter's Choice™ Sesame Oil
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Sesame Oil is a heavy weight oil that is high Fatty Acids. It provides moisturizing and protective properties to formulations. It can be used in massage oils, soaps, lotions and cosmetic formulations.
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Crafter's Choice™ Potassium Sorbate Granules
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Potassium Sorbate Granules, which is a potassium salt of sorbic acid, is used as a preservative in cosmetic formulations. It is effective in formulations with a pH between 2 - 6.5. Use Potassium Sorbate in a variety of products including hair care, lotions, creams and bath products. Potassium Sorbate is effective against fungi, mold and yeast.
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Crafter's Choice™ Triethanolamine 99%
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Triethanolamine 99%, also known as TEA, is often used in make-up products such as blush and foundations, as well as in hair care products, shaving products, and skin cleansing products. It is often used in the manufacturing of other chemicals - like surfactants, and emulsifiers.
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Crafter's Choice™ Olive Butter Blend
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Our Olive blend derived from olive oil that has gone through the squalene process. Thought to contain high amounts of essential fatty acids, such as natural waxes. Use Olive Butter in your soaps, lotions, lip balms, shaving creams and much more! A great product to add to your soapmaking and cosmetic ingredients line.
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Melt Point: 113ºF
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Crafter's Choice™ Soybean Oil
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Soybean Oil is often used in products to add softening properties dry, chaffed and damaged skin. Use Soybean Oil in Body Oils, Massage Oils and ultra-moisturizing Lotion!
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Crafter's Choice™ Frankincense Powder
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Frankincense is a fragrant resin collected from Boswellia trees. Frankincense Powder is used in cosmetics for its warm and spicy scent. It is used to add fragrance in cosmetics such as lotions massage oils, perfumes and skin creams.
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Crafter's Choice™ Carnauba Wax
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Carnauba Wax is a natural non-animal based wax. It is known as "queen of waxes" and comes in the form of hard yellow flakes. When combined with beeswax, carnauba wax can produce a glossy finish. Our Carnauba Wax is 100% pure and cosmetic grade. Use this vegan wax in lip products, lotion bars and wax tarts.
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Crafter's Choice™ Sodium Gluconate
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Sodium Gluconate is a safe and effective stabilizer used in skin care formulations. It also acts as a conditioning agent by moisturizing and hydrating skin when applied.
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Crafter's Choice™ Stearyl Alcohol
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Stearyl alcohol is a very effective stabilizer, thickening agent, and emulsifier, for making lotions, creams, shower gel, hair care products, lip balm and more.
Stearyl Alcohol is a vegetable-based, refined fatty alcohol from from sustainable coconut oils. Compared to other fatty alcohols, like cetyl alcohol, in many formulations, stearyl alcohol will result in a product with a slightly softer, conditioned feel and a whiter appearance. Flashpoint: 383°
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Crafter's Choice™ Egg Whites Powder
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Egg Whites Powder, also known as albumin powder, is made from spray dried pasteurized egg whites. They're an excellent source of protein which makes them popular in skincare. Use to make your very own egg white face masks, hair masks, lotion, soap, and soap frosting!
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Crafter's Choice™ Eucalyptus Leaf - Botanical
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Dried Eucalyptus Leaves can be used in your handmade cosmetics as a beautiful botanical element or a natural aromatic. These can be used in bath teas, hand blended potpourri and bath fizzies! Grind up these leaves and use them in scrubs and soaps as well!
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Crafter's Choice™ Juniper Berries (Blue) - Botanical
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Blue Juniper Berries are a natural botanical that are used to embellish handmade cosmetics. These small berries are naturally blue in color and have a slight aroma. Use on top of soaps, or in potpourri, bath salts, bath teas and bath fizzies!
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Crafter's Choice™ Tapioca Starch - Modified
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Absorbs and carries large quantities of oils (such as bath and fragrance oils). It creates "pockets" that can carry the oils in a dry powder form. Once in contact with bath water, it immediately dissolves releasing all of the oil into the water.
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Crafter's Choice™ Menthol Crystals
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Menthol Crystals are a 100% natural compound obtained from steam distilled mint essential oil. Known for giving a cool, refreshing sensation to bath and body products. Suggested applications are lotions, creams, shampoos, conditioners, shaving creams, cooling gels, foot sprays and scrubs, liniments, herbal remedies, and any product where the brisk and strong minty aroma is desired. Super concentrated - a very small amount goes a long way. We recommend starting with a minimal amount and adding additional amounts if necessary. Menthol crystals can only be dissolved in oil or alcohol bases.
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Crafter's Choice™ Mineral Oil
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Mineral Oil is humectant thought to be one of the most effective moisturizing ingredients available to the cosmetic industry! This very versatile oil can be used in handmade body oils, lotions and candle wax.
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Crafter's Choice™ Orange Peel Granules
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Orange peel is rich in vitamin C and other fruit acids that are thought to be beneficial in skin care products. These peels are irradiated for bacterial control and specific for cosmetic use. Use in citrus soaps, bath teas and scrubs!
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Preservative - Water Soluble/O25
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Formerly known as Germaben IIE. Ashland Chemical is the manufacturer and owner of the trademark Germaben IIE. We have received legal notice that small suppliers may no longer use the brand name of the product. Therefore on 11/20/2017 we have changed the product name as they have requested.
Developed for creams and lotions containing over 25% fixed oils and/or butters.Effective against Gram-positive & Gram-negative bacteria as well as yeast and mold.
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Crafter's Choice™ Lemongrass - Botanical
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Use this dried lemongrass to add the fresh scent of lemongrass to cosmetics and to add natural beauty. Not only does lemongrass enhance the look and add natural fragrance, but it can also be ground to use as an exfoliant. Use this product in your handmade soaps, bath teas, bath salts and massage oils.
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Crafter's Choice™ Vanilla Water Essential Hydrosol
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Use our Vanilla Water Essential Hydrosol as is as a spray or as an addition to your homemade soap and cosmetics. This hydrosol ads a light and sweet vanilla scent. Incorporate into the water phase of your formulas. Great for skincare products, soaps, creams, perfumes and linen sprays!
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Crafter's Choice™ Candelilla Wax
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Our cosmetic grade Candelilla Wax is a hard, brittle, light yellow vegetable wax supplied in pastille form. Candelilla wax is the exudate found on the leaves of a small scrub native to Mexico and the southwest. It can be used as a substitute for beeswax or Carnauba in food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic products. It is softer than Carnauba wax and is often used to make candles. Use Candelilla wax in lip balms, lipsticks, body butters, creams, lotions, hair pomades and other products. Is often used as a substitute for beeswax in cosmetics and candle applications. INCI: Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax. Saponification Value: 50 mg KOH / g of Fat
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Crafter's Choice™ Pumpkin Seed Oil
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Pumpkin Seed Oil is considered to provide moisturizing properties to dry skin due to its high levels of Omega 3, 6 and 9 fatty acids. this makes it a great product to use in you fall and winter product line! Makes an excellent addition to massage oils. Use this to create a popular pumpkin soap!
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Crafter's Choice™ Palm Butter
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Palm Butter is made from Natural Palm Oil made with non-hydrogenated stearin fraction of palm fat that is solid at room temperature. Considered to have an extraordinarily high level of tocopherols, 40 to 50 times stronger in oxidative stability. Thought to assist with moisturizing the skin after exposure to sun, Use Palm Oil in soap, lotion and more!
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Melt Point: 127ºF
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Crafter's Choice™ Macadamia Butter Blend
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Proprietary blend derived from macadamia nuts that contain high amounts of essential fatty acids, such as natural waxes. Thought to assist in improving lubricity, slip and glide in lotions. Absorbs quickly into the skin. Use Macadamia Butter in your lip balms, lotions and more!
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Melt Point: 115ºF
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Crafter's Choice™ Arnica Flowers
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Arnica Flowers are used to provide a natural botanical element to cosmetic products. Our Arnica Flowers are flower and stem. In appearance they are downy with gold strands. Great for hand blended potpourri and bath teas or infuse in oil for use in making topical salves, balms, soaps, and other cosmetics.
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Crafter's Choice™ Oat Scrub - Chopped Oats
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Oats are chopped in large pieces which provides naturally mild exfoliation properties and color variation in products. Enhance the beauty and exfoliating properties of bars of soap with these chopped oats. If a finer grade is desired, grind in food processor or coffee grinder. Use Chopped Oats in bars of soap, face and body scrubs, milk baths and more!
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Crafter's Choice™ Geranium Water Essential Hydrosol
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Add Geranium Water Essential Hydrosol for an arousing and stimulating scent in spray or cosmetics. Incorporate into the water phase of the formula. Use in Cold Process Soaps, facial toners, face masks, linen sprays, shampoo and lotion.
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Crafter's Choice™ Camelina Oil
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Thought to be rich in essential fatty acids creating good emollient properties in lotions, soaps and cream. High in Omega-3, typically found in fish oil. Camelina Oil is commonly called "Gold of Pleasure" due to its valuable use in cosmetic formulations! Try this luxury oil in lotion, bath fizzies, face creams and soap.
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Crafter's Choice™ Chamomile Flowers - Botanical
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Chamomile flowers are used to embellish your handmade cosmetics. These Chamomile Flowers are gold flower buds that make a great addition to your potpourri and bath tea. Implement these botanicals in your bath fizzies, soaks and massage oils!
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Crafter's Choice™ Peppermint - Botanical
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Used to provide a natural botanical element to products. Great for aromatic, hand blended potpourri, bath teas and infusing oils for soap, lotions and other skin-care products.
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Crafter's Choice™ Sage - Botanical
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Add the benefits and fragrance of Sage into your handcrafted soaps and cosmetics. Embed this natural botanical into soaps or add to bath teas, bath fizzies and massage oils. Can also be used to exfoliate.
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Crafter's Choice™ Coffee Butter Blend
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Coffee Butter is an extremely popular butter to add to your soap, lip product and skincare recipes. Coffee Butter, made from real coffee seed oil, exhibits excellent spread-ability on the skin, making it ideal as a massage butter. Pairs amazingly with caffeine extract and coffee fragrance oils.
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Melt Point: 104ºF
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Leucidal Liquid
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Leucidal Liquid is a preservative derived from radishes. Along with its preserving attributes for bacteria, Leucidal Liquid also adds moisturizing and conditioning properties. Combine this antimicrobial preservative with the fungus fighting Amticide Coconut for protection against yeast and mold.
Interesting Facts:
Paraben Free. Formaldehyde Free.
Manufacturing Temperatures: No Higher than 158ºF
Formula pH: Best Between pH 3 and pH 8
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Crafter's Choice™ Walnut Oil
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Walnut Oil is very high in Vitamin C which is thought to aid in the reduction of wrinkles and fine lines by supplying the skin with nutrients and vitamins. Walnut Oil is thought to add moisturizing attributes to formulations. Quick drying.
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Crafter's Choice™ Myristyl Myristate
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Myristyl Myristate acts as an emulsifier and emollient in lotion formulations. Myristyl Myristate also serves as a palm free alternative to stearic acid.
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Crafter's Choice™ Malachite Gemstone Extract
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Blue Malachite Gemstone Extract is rich in copper, a mineral that may help soften the appearance of fine lines by promoting collagen and elastin production.
Many also believe that the malachite stone delivers healing energy and harmony.
Add this boldly blue extract to your lotions, moisturizers, facial cleansers and more.
Solubility: Water Soluble
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Crafter's Choice™ Avocado Extract - Water Soluble
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Use Avocado Extract to add moisturizing properties to water based products. Avocado Extract is high vitamins & potassium. Use this skin-nutrient in is great in hair products, lotions and creams. Little to no odor.
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Crafter's Choice™ Kelp Granules
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All Natural Kelp Granules (ground kelp) provide mild exfoliation properties and color variation in products. Kelp contains over 60 minerals and elements, 21 amino acids, simple and complex carbohydrates, which make it an appealing product to use in handmade cosmetics! Use in Scrubs and Soaps.
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Crafter's Choice™ Rose Hip Powder
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Rose Hip is believed to have amazingly high levels of linoleic and linolenic fatty acids. Rosehip is a very common ingredient used in skincare! Produces a natural burgundy red color. The grain is known to be slightly "scratchy" or exfoliating. Often used in skincare creams, scrubs and soap!
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