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Here you can find some of our most popular additives for cosmetics and soap making. This category of products features trendy favorites including activated charcoal, caffeine extract, castor oil and more!

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Crafter's Choice™ Shea Butter - Ultra Refined
Ultra Refined Shea Butter is a premium-quality, white shea butter that has undergone advanced filtration to remove impurities, resulting in a smooth, odorless, and highly versatile ingredient. Its refined nature makes it ideal for a wide range of formulations, offering exceptional moisturizing properties without the characteristic scent or color of unrefined shea butter.

Helpful Product Information:
Melt Point: 90ºF





Crafter's Choice™ Coconut Oil - 76º Melt
This Coconut Oil is liquid at temperatures over 76º F. Popular in cold and hot process soap making because it produces a wonderful lather. All Natural. Pressed and Solvent Extracted. No trace of Hexane. Use coconut oil in many of your handmade cosmetics!





Crafter's Choice™ Cocoa Butter - Deodorized & Ultra White
Pure Cocoa Butter that is Refined and Deodorized to yield an ultra white colored butter with little color in handmade product. Use Refined Cocoa Butter in your recipes for bath fizzies, soap, lotion and more!

Helpful Product Information:
Melt Point: 100ºF





Crafter's Choice™ Mango Butter - Refined
Mango Butter is extracted from the fruit kernels of the mango tree. Pure Mango Butter is thought to exhibit excellent moisturizing properties while countering the drying effects of bar soaps and cleansers! Use Mango Butter in homemade sugar scrubs, lotion bars, soap, cuticle cream and more! Rich in essential fatty acids, refined Mango Butter is valued for its smooth texture and versatility in skincare and hair care formulations. Its gentle, non-greasy feel makes it a popular ingredient for sensitive skin products, while its emollient properties reportedly help restore softness and hydration. Crafters and small businesses often use Mango Butter in a variety of projects including cold process soap, whipped body butters, lip balms, and moisturizing hair treatments. Available in bulk and wholesale quantities, Mango Butter is an essential ingredient for handmade bath and body care products.

Helpful Product Information:
Melt Point: 86ºF





Crafter's Choice™ Citric Acid Powder
This citric acid is not your typical powder. It is the harder to find and super fine which makes them best for bath bombs. Our Citric Acid is derived from corn. Commonly used in cosmetic formulas to create a more balanced and neutralized pH. When mixed in appropriate amounts with baking soda, it produces a chemical reaction that leads to the fizz in bath bombs. We only stock Jungbunzlauer F6000 material.





Crafter's Choice™ Sodium Hydroxide Flakes
Craft exceptional handmade soaps with our food-grade Sodium Hydroxide Flakes, also known as lye flakes. Essential for cold and hot process soap making, these high-purity flakes ensure a smooth saponification process, yielding luxurious, skin-friendly bars.? Also known as sodium hydroxide lye, this ingredient is a critical component in traditional soap making recipes. Whether you're producing small-batch artisan soaps or manufacturing at a larger scale, sodium hydroxide lye allows crafters to control the texture, hardness, and lather of their finished products. It’s a trusted choice for soap makers seeking consistent results with every batch.





Crafter's Choice™ Palm Oil - No Stir
Our "No-Stir" Palm Shortening is made from 100% Palm Oil. This oil has a reduced fatty acid content so that it is more stable and has a thick, luxurious texture. It can be easily scooped for measuring. When melted it returns to a thick texture and does not separate. Ideal for handmade cosmetic formulations. Use in soap, lotion and whipped butter. Sustainability sourced with membership in RSPO.

Helpful Product Information:
Melt Point: 103ºF





Crafter's Choice™ Olive Oil - Pomace
Olive Oil - Pomace is a great product to use in skincare formulations and handmade soap recipes. Derived from the pit (pomace) and remaining residue of olives, it undergoes solvent extraction and refining to produce a high-quality oil that retains many of the natural benefits of olives.





Crafter's Choice™ Aloe Vera Gel
Pure aloe vera suspended in a thick, clear viscous base. Perfect for skincare formulations, body glitter gel and after sun skincare. Ultra thick, clear and soft. Compared to other bases on the market, this product contains a considerable amount of Aloe Vera Juice. Looking for aloe gel wholesale or bulk aloe vera gel for large-scale production? We offer aloe vera bulk purchasing options for skincare and soap makers, and cosmetic manufacturers. Buying in bulk ensures cost savings while maintaining high-quality formulations for your handmade products!





Crafter's Choice™ Emulsifying Wax - Traditional
This emulsifying wax is a versatile, cosmetic-grade ingredient used to bind oil and water together to create smooth, stable emulsions in lotions, conditioners, scrubs, and other personal care formulas. It provides a powdery, soft, skin feel that enhances the texture and glide of finished products. Ideal for formulators seeking consistent results, this emulsifying wax NF is commonly used in both oil-in-water (O/W) and water-in-oil (W/O) emulsions.





Crafter's Choice™ Castor Oil
Add exceptional moisturizing and lathering benefits to your handmade creations with our high-quality Castor Oil. Derived from the castor bean (Ricinus communis), this rich, viscous oil is prized by soap makers and skincare artisans for its unique ability to attract and retain moisture. Whether you’re creating a moisturizing bar of soap, a nourishing hair conditioner, or a soothing lip balm, castor oil offers unmatched versatility and skin-loving benefits. A must-have in any formulator’s collection, this oil is a staple ingredient in countless cold process and hot process soap recipes. Just a small amount enhances the creamy lather of bar soaps while boosting their conditioning properties—making it an ideal addition to your castor oil for soap making supply list. Our castor oil wholesale offering is perfect for both hobbyists and professional makers looking for reliable quality at scale. Whether you're crafting a few batches at home or managing large-scale production, you’ll appreciate the purity, consistency, and value of our castor oil in bulk sizes.





Crafter's Choice™ Sweet Almond Oil - Refined
Our Refined Sweet Almond Oil is a lightweight, deeply penetrating carrier oil known for its excellent spread-ability and skin moisturizing properties. With a rich composition of Vitamin E, essential fatty acids, and antioxidants, it is known to hydrate and protect skin. These attributes make Sweet Almond Oil an excellent choice for massage oils, cosmetics, and treatment products, including beard oils, sugar scrubs, lotion bars, and more!





Crafter's Choice™ Palm Oil
Palm oil is the largest natural source of tocotrienol, part of the Vitamin E family. Popular in cold and hot process soap making because it produces a big, fluffy lather. Our natural Palm Oil tends to turn a deep orange color when melted.

Helpful Product Information:
Melt Point: 105ºF





Crafter's Choice™ Beeswax - Ivory
This Beeswax is Ivory in color and is a larger pastille size than our White and Yellow Beeswax. It is naturally refined and remains ivory colored in products. This cost effective beeswax is great for lotion bars, wax tarts and lip balms!





Crafter's Choice™ Preservative - Water Soluble PF (Compare to Germall Plus)
Formerly known as Germall Plus Liquid. Ashland Chemical is the manufacturer and owner of the trademark Germall Plus Liquid. 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.? Crafter’s Choice™ Preservative – Water Soluble PF is a highly effective, broad-spectrum antimicrobial preservative designed for use in a wide range of personal care and cosmetic formulations. This water-soluble preservative is compatible with virtually all cosmetic ingredients, including complex formulations containing proteins and surfactants. It is ideal for preserving water-based products such as lotions, body butters, hair care products, and scrubs. With no known inactivators, it ensures the longevity and safety of your creations. Please note, this preservative is not suitable for use in aerosol products. Excellent broad spectrum antimicrobial preservative. No known inactivators. Compatible with virtually all cosmetic ingredients. Good for water based formulas including lotion, body butter, hair care products and scrubs. Not to be used in aerosols. Thick consistency.





Crafter's Choice™ Emulsifying Wax - Soft & Silky
Soft & Silky Emulsifying Wax is used to blend oils and water into smooth, stable emulsions with a luxurious, featherlight texture. Specially formulated to add a powdery, silky skin feel, this emulsifying wax gives lotions and creams a soft touch and a light, whipped appearance—perfect for elegant, fast-absorbing skincare products. This silky emulsifying wax is a versatile ingredient used in creams, lotions, scrubs, and hair care products like spray-on leave-in conditioners. It offers excellent emulsification while enhancing the texture and aesthetics of your final formulation.





Crafter's Choice™ Cocoa Butter - Deodorized & Natural Color
Pure Cocoa Butter that is Deodorized to yield a yellow colored butter with little odor in handmade products. Use deodorized Cocoa Butter in your recipes for bath fizzies, soap, lotion and more!





Crafter's Choice™ Shea Butter - Natural
Our Natural Shea Butter in unrefined and considered to be high in vitamin/mineral. It has a strong natural aroma that is usually lost in soap making. Use Natural Shea butter to enhance your lotions, balms, bath fizzies and soap creations. Pronounced: Shh-aye

*Note color may vary slightly due to crop source.

Helpful Product Information:
Melt Point: 90ºF





Crafter's Choice™ Baking Soda (Sodium Bicarbonate)
Natural alkaline that neutralizes acids and washes away oils/dirt on the skin. Dissolves in water. When mixed in appropriate amounts with citric acid, it produces a reaction that leads to the fizz in bath fizzies. All Natural. USP Grade.





Crafter's Choice™ Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate Coarse SLSa
Puts foam in bath formulations. Works well in soft and hard water. This is an airborne product. You will need a mask and a contained space when making your finished product. Also called SLSa.





Preservative - Sorbic Acid +2 PF (Compare to Optiphen Plus)
Formerly known as Optiphen Plus. Use this paraben free preservative in lotion, body wash, shampoo, conditioner scrubs and sprays.Effective at pH levels below 6.0. Highly effective broad spectrum antimicrobial preservative. No formaldehyde donors. Compatible with most raw materials. Contains sorbic acid which offers protection for anti-fungal and anti-mold activity.





Crafter's Choice™ Apricot Kernel Oil
Apricot Oil is used for its softening and moisturizing properties and is therefore recommended for skin that is dry or cracked. This Oil is all natural, expeller pressed and has virtually no scent. Use apricot oil in face creams, lotions, body oils and soaps!





Crafter's Choice™ Glycerin - Natural
Glycerin is humectant that absorbs moisture from the air and when diluted with water, can soften dry skin. You can use this product in soaps and lotions. We most commonly use Glycerin to incorporate powdered color in soaps!





Crafter's Choice™ MCT - Mid Chain Triglycerides Liquid
Excellent emollient that provides a smooth and silky feel to products. Non-greasy oil that is easily absorbed into the skin. All Natural. Use in a variety of lotions, soaps and cosmetics!





Crafter's Choice™ Beeswax - Yellow Pastilles
This pastille beeswax comes in the form of yellow beads, as it has been filtered and cleaned. Filtering makes it free from insect body parts and stingers. Note: This wax has a smoky scent from smoking the bees out of their hives to harvest the wax. Commonly used in wax tarts, lotion bars, lip balms and CP Soap.





Crafter's Choice™ Shea Butter - High Melt, Ultra Refined
Pure Shea Butter considered to be high in vitamin/mineral content which is thought to be useful on dry skin. Refined and deodorized with natural clays. Takes a higher temperature than most to melt. Shea Butter is a very popular butter used in soap and cosmetics, including lotion, cream, and lip balm. Pronounced: Shh-aye

Helpful Product Information:
Melt Point: 109ºF





Crafter's Choice™ Aloe Vera Powder - 100X
Aloe has long been considered to be a premier product for use in skin care products. Our Aloe Vera Powder contains pure aloe vera solids along with an anti-caking agent to prevent clumping and hardening. Use this in your to soothe in your after-sun lotions and baby products or exfoliate in natural face masks, scrubs and soaps!





Crafter's Choice™ Palm Kernel Flakes - 102º Melt
Palm Kernel Flakes is an oil in a solid flake form. Commonly used up to 15% in cold and hot process soap making recipes because it boosts lather. Palm Kernel Flakes typically speed up trace in CP Soap. Use this oil in wax tarts and wickless candles, too!

Helpful Product Information:
Melt Point: 102ºF





Crafter's Choice™ Sodium Lactate 60%
Sodium Lactate is used to harden cold process soap while minimizing shrinkage associated with curing. It is derived from carbohydrate sugars and purified lactic acid specifically for the cosmetic industry. Use Sodium Lactate to make your Cold Process Soap bars hard and smooth. Sodium lactate also makes cold process soap easy to unmold!





Crafter's Choice™ Polysorbate 80
Polysorbate 80 is a solubilizer, emulsifier, wetting agent, viscosity modifier, dispersing agent, and stabilizer. Use in bath fizzies, milk bath, bath melts, furniture polish and more.





Crafter's Choice™ Rice Bran Oil
Rice Bran Oil has high concentrations of tocopherol and tocotrienol, two forms of the powerful antioxidant Vitamin E! This Oil is great for face care products! When applied directly to the skin, many see the difference in skin appearance. Absorbs quickly.





Crafter's Choice™ Olive Oil - Refined A
Refined A Olive Oil is a great oil to add to your soap recipes because it it makes the skin feel soft and moisturized. Refined from defective virgin olives. These defects are eliminated after refining. High in oleic acid. This Olive Oil can be used to make soap, lotion, wax tarts and more!

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