How Lucy Bee is growing her business with a new coconut soap bar
Lucy Bee approached Stephenson at the end of 2016 with a challenge to develop a natural soap bar using 100% coconut oil – expanding her current range of natural product for customers.
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Ingredient Spotlight: Coconut Oil in the Personal Care Sector
As an ingredient in the personal care industry, coconut oil is used for its nourishing properties. However, the chemical composition of coconut oil means it also works very well throughout the saponification process.
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What makes shower and bath products foam?
We get asked a lot about foaming properties in personal care products. From a consumers perspective, foaming is associated with better cleansing properties, although from a technical angle they are not linked. However, brands are looking to match customer demand and foaming abilities are an important aspect when innovating new personal care products. So what makes personal care products foam?
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How to Make Gardener's Soap
With all this glorious weather, it's the perfect time to get stuck in with some gardening! Learn how to make this exfoliating soap bar to scrub off mud and dirt, made with Crystal Cucumber Carrot and Aloe soap base, with added pumice, scented with Lemon and Rosemary essential oil.
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6 Key Beauty & Personal Care Trends Beyond 2018
This month through extensive research we have identified the top 7 trends impacting the personal care sector going beyond 2018. Brands need to up their game, as consumers are driving demand for more natural and organic products in cosmetics and sustainability is high on the list of expectations.
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How to Make Solid Shampoo
Reducing your plastic waste is a great way to do your bit for the environment. Learn to make this solid shampoo bar with our Crystal Solid Shampoo base, reducing the need for shampoo bottles! We've added nourishing macadamia nut oil and fragrant coconut to this hand-sized bar for clean and happy hair.
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Importance of social media community and growth of influencers
Social media communities present so many opportunities for crafters, brands and manufacturers alike and a well-connected and engaged community has so much to offer with the combined effort of like-minded people. This blog post aims to sum up some of the benefits of community superpowers and show how here, at Stephenson Personal Care, we are working towards providing more value to our customers and community.
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How to make sleepy time lotion using Easy Lotion Base [video recipe]
Learn how to make a sleepy lotion with our Easy Lotion Base, with lavender, cedarwood and orange essential oils.
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How to make a ‘soap-cake’
It's time to treat yourself and others and the perfect way to do it is with soap cupcakes video recipe.
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In-cosmetics 2018: Highlights
After an incredible few days exhibiting at In-Cosmetics last week, we're now back in the office addressing enquires and catching up with day to day business. In-Cosmetics Global is the leading event for cosmetics and personal care ingredients, hosted this year at RAI Arena in Amsterdam.
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