Supplier of: skin actives, cosmetic ingredients, cosmeceuticals, active ingredients, and cosmeceuticals,  for DIY skin care and cosmetics, and homemade skin care products. 

Advance notice of upcoming Chinese New Year vacation

We will take a break between February 13 and 21.

 

We will start processing and shipping orders from February 22,

this will be done in the order they were received. 

I expect that the backlog will be cleared by Thursday Feb 25.

 

We wish you a happy and prosperous Year of the Tiger

Xin Nian Kuai Le! - Gong Xi Fa Cai!

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BulkActives are DIY skin care suppliers of skin actives, cosmetic ingredients, cosmeceuticals, active ingredients, and standardized botanical extracts for diy skin care products and homemade cosmetics.

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Attention: BulkActives is a part-time business.
Orders are processed on Saturdays and mailed on Mondays at the latest, usually earlier.

 

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Free original software: Recipe creator database and HLB calculator

 

We now offer a range of NON-formaldehyde releasing preservatives:

phenoxyethanol (paraben free) & paraben and phenoxyethanol combo

 

Back in stock!!

White willow - bark extract

Ferulic Acid

MAP

 

Out of stock:

Tetrasodium EDTA 

GABA

Pantothenic acid (replaced with d-Panthenol)

Green Tea EGCG

Alpha Bisabolol

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Measures Chart

Calulation for less than 100% actives.


Just take the amount of active you desire and divide it by the amount in the active to give the total amount needed.

Example

DMAE B. = 37% active

You want 5% total of DMAE B 37% in a base.

Just remove the % signs and divide the amount wanted by the amount in the active

5/37=.135

Then just multiply by 100

.135x100=13.5%

You will need to use 13.5% of DMAE B to make a 5% DMAE B in a base.

So you use 13.5% in you calculations to get 5% DMAE B.

 

By Liz, posted on SkinInteractives

(quoted with permission)

  • This is a rough guide only!

 

  • All measurements are based on 1/2 a teaspoon (level, loosely filled), using a standard set of kitchen measuring spoons. 

 

  • A useful tutorial on converting percentages to weight can be found here: http://www.soapnuts.com/lothelp4.html