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Crafter's Choice™ Wheat Germ Oil
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Wheat Germ Oil is thought to be rich in naturally occurring antioxidants including vitamin E and beta carotene. It has excellent skin care properties due to its low odor and good spread-ability. You can use Wheat Germ Oil in recipes for Belly Balms, Cuticle Creams and Hand Creams.
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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™ Walnut Shell Powder
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Walnut Shell Powder is prepared by controlled grinding of the shells of walnuts. Use this fine grain exfoliant in your soaps and scrubs to provide a gentle exfoliation that will leave skin soft and smooth. Use it soaps, face scrubs and body scrubs.
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Crafter's Choice™ Poppy Seeds
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All natural poppy seeds can be used to provide mild exfoliation properties and color variation in products. The seeds add a beautiful black spotted design to soaps and work especially well in suspended soap bases. A little goes a long way!
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Crafter's Choice™ Apricot Seed Powder
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Seeds are sterilized for bacterial control. Due to the small round grain, it is considered a "skin friendly" scrub that is unlikely to cause damage. Use this all natural, finely ground powder in your soaps, lotion bars and scrubs to gently exfoliate the skin.
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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™ Magnesium Stearate
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Magnesium Stearate is a soft, white powder that is commonly used in mineral make-up, natural deodorant and lotion formulations. This powder provides anti-caking, slip, glide and texture properties to eyeshadows and blush base, as well as a non-slick feel to lotions and creams.
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Crafter's Choice™ Soy Butter Blend
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Our Soy Butter Blend is a soft butter which exhibits excellent spread-ability on the skin, making it ideal as a massage butter. Thought to leave the skin feeling hydrated and softened.
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Melt Point: 97ºF
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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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Leucidal Liquid PT
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Leucidal Liquid PT is probiotic based preservative. Suitable for emulsions and anhydrous applications such as pressed powders. Inhibits growth of most bacteria, yeast and mold. This preservative also adds skin and hair conditioning properties!
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Paraben Free. Formaldehyde Free.
Manufacturing Temperatures: No Higher than 158ºF
Formula pH: Best Between pH 3 and pH 8, below 6 preferred
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Crafter's Choice™ Cranberry Butter Blend
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Cranberry Butter Blend for cosmetics contains a proprietary blend of Shea Butter, Jojoba Oil and Cranberry Fruit which has one of the highest ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity)...this means it is VERY high in anti-oxidant properties!! Add this amazing cranberry butter to whipped butter, creams, scrubs, lip balms and more.
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Melt Point: 110ºF
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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™ 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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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.
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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™ 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™ 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™ 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™ 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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Rustic Escentuals: Sweetener
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Made from Stevia suspended in organic Coconut Oil, this sweetener is an all-natural and vegan-friendly way to sweeten your lip balms and lip glosses. This oil based formula is easy to use and mixes well in any oil based formula. You can use this sweetener with any of our Flavor Oils along with our Soy Lip Balm Base to make a 100% vegan-friendly product.
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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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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™ 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™ Nettle Extract - Water Soluble
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Nettle is commonly used in cosmetics because it is thought to soothe irritated skin, as well as absorb unwanted oils. Use Nettle Extract in water soluble products such as hair conditioners, lotions and creams. Mild scent.
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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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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™ 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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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™ 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™ 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™ Black Sea Salt - Small
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Black Sea Salt is solar-evaporated Pacific sea salt combined with activated charcoal made from coconut shells. Small grain size is ideal for bath soaks and salt bars.
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Crafter's Choice™ Fuller's Earth Clay
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Fuller's Earth is a natural clay that is popular in soap and skincare products because of it's ability to absorb oil. This cosmetic clay is most commonly used in facial masks to remove grease from oily or acne-prone skin. Can also be beneficial in face soaps and scrubs.
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Crafter's Choice™ Hazelnut Oil
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Hazelnut Oil is a very popular oil that is used in products for oily skin such as face soap. All Natural. Refined and Expeller Pressed. Use hazelnut oil in soaps, bath fizzies and more and pair with one of our Hazelnut Fragrance Oils for the ultimate experience.
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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™ 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™ 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™ 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™ 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™ 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™ Green Peridot Gemstone Extract
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This extract is rich in magnesium, a mineral that is believed to help calm sensitive skin, reduce inflammation, and improve the skin’s overall appearance.
Many also believe that the peridot stone brings healing vibrations and even improves mood.
Add this gorgeous green extract to your lotions, moisturizers, facial cleansers and more.
Solubility: Water Soluble
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Crafter's Choice™ Spearmint Leaf - Botanical
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Add the soothing scent of spearmint to your products naturally with this botanical. Not only does it add scent, but it also looks great and can add exfoliating properties if ground up. Enhance your soaps, lotions, massage oils, bath teas, bath fizzies and more with spearmint leaves!
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Crafter's Choice™ Rosemary - Botanical
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Rosemary can be used to provide a natural fragrance, exfoliation properties and a botanical element to cosmetics. Add the natural dried rosemary to soap, shampoo scrubs, bath teas and more!
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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™ Rhodochrosite Gemstone Extract
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Rhodochrosite is rich in manganese, an important antioxidant and one of the body’s trace minerals that are essential for normal, healthy function, especially collagen production.
Some also believe that Rhodochrosite releases energies of love and peace.
Add this pretty pinkish-orange extract to your lotions, moisturizers, facial cleansers and more.
Solubility: Water Soluble
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