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AKWANWA BOTANICS SKINCARE EBOOK FULL SKINCARE COURSE ON PURE ORGANICS & ADVANCED PROMIX. WRITTEN, EDITED AND CREATED BY AKWANWA BOTANICS

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1. INTRODUCTION TO THE SKIN

The skin is one of the largest organs and constitutes 16% of the human body weight. It weighs around 5kgs and covers an area of about 2 square meters. It is one of the tissues in our body that duplicates the most and the fastest. The skin has three main functions: protection, regulation and sensation. The primary function of the skin is to act as a barrier. The skin provides protection from mechanical impacts, pressure, micro-organisms, radiation and chemicals. Skin also regulates several aspects of the body such as temperature via sweat and hair, changes in peripheral circulation and fluid balance. Finally, the skin contains an extensive network of nerve cells that detect and relay changes in the environment. There are separate receptors for heat, cold, touch, and pain.

2. ANATOMY OF THE SKIN The skin is comprised of three main layers: The epidermis: Its main job is to protect the body acting as a barrier and help control body temperature. It is made up of four types of cells: keratinocytes (which comprised the 90% of the epidermis), melanocytes, Langerhans cells and Merkel cells. The dermis is much thicker than the epidermis. It contains hair roots, blood vessels, lymph vessels, glands, and nerve endings. Blood and lymph vessels in the dermis bring nutrients to the dermis and epidermis. Glands make fluids the body needs, and the connective tissue (which builds an extracellular matrix) holds all these structures in place and allows the skin to stretch. The hypodermis is the subcutaneous tissue, which means “below the skin”. It is mostly made of fat and connective tissue. It connects the skin to muscles and bones and it also saves body heat, stores energy, and absorbs shock to protect the body from injury.

THE DIFFERENT SKIN TYPES, THEIR PECULIARITIES, HOW TO IDENTIFY AND CARE FOR THEM

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There are five basic skin types. They are normal, oily, dry, combination and sensitive. Let’s take a look at how to determine your skin type.

A. Normal Skin

B. Oily Skin

C. Dry Skin

D. Combination Skin

E. Sensitive Skin

If your skin flushes with spicy food and adversely reacts to new products, you may have sensitive skin. Try this, take a sheet of blotting paper and gently pat it on your face. Hold it against a bright light. If you see little to no oil, you likely have dry skin. If the sheet picks up some oil from the T-zone, you have combination or normal skin. If it picks up oil from all parts of your face, you likely have oily skin.

NORMAL SKIN

Normal skin is also called eudermic. This means it is well-balanced. It is neither too oily nor too dry. It has balanced sebum production, good blood circulation and balanced pH levels and sebum production. How Can You Identify Normal Skin? Smooth texture Fine pores No sensitivity No blemishes Few or no breakouts AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE

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How To Take Care Of Normal Skin If you have normal skin, you don’t have to go all out with a skincare routine. However, you should make it a point to stay healthy, hydrated and follow a basic skincare regimen. These tips below will help Maintain Normal Skin. A. Stay Hydrated If you don’t drink enough water throughout the day, your skin may dry up and start getting flaky. It can also lead to excess sebum production. B. Wear Sunscreen Sunscreen is a must for overall skin health maintenance. Direct sun exposure can dry up your skin, cause wrinkles and dark patches. An oil-free sunscreen is recommended to avoid clogging skin pores. C. Moisturize Moisturizers are a must for any skin type. They keep the skin moist and prevent it from overproducing sebum. D. Remove Your Makeup Before Sleeping Makeup can clog pores and lead to breakouts. You want to avoid that by taking it off after a long day. E. Wash/Cleanse Your Face Before Sleeping Even if you don’t wear makeup, wash your face every night before you sleep. Dirt and bacteria from outside can clog pores.

OILY SKIN

Oily is used to describe a skin type with heightened sebum production. This over production is known as seborrhea. Oily skin is characterized by a greasy appearance. This skin type is prone to acne breakouts. Oily skin is the result of excess sebum production. How Can You Identify Oily Skin? Greasy appearance

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Open/Big pores Prone to breakouts What Causes Oily Skin? Hormonal Changes Hormonal imbalances during puberty or pregnancy can result in oily skin. Climate Where you live and the time of the year can contribute to oily skin. If you live in a humid or hot environment, it is likely to result in oily skin. Genetics Look around you. Do your immediate family members have oily skin? If the answer is yes, you most likely have it too! Large Pores Large pores tend to produce more sebum. Exfoliating Too Much/Using Harsh Soaps Sometimes, what you think is contributing to glowing skin may actually be the cause of diminishing skin health. Exfoliating too much or too hard can stimulate sebum production. Using harsh chemicals, not suitable for your skin type can also contribute to oily skin. TIPS FOR OILY SKIN: A. Moisturize Regularly Moisturizing regularly will keep your skin hydrated and prevent it from overproducing sebum. B. Stay Hydrated Drink enough water to keep your skin moist. This will prevent your skin from producing excess oil. C. Wash Your Face Twice A Day

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Wash your face two times a day to remove dirt and bacteria that may clog your pores. Don’t over wash because over washing can remove necessary oils from your skin. This can result in sensitive skin and make it more oil-prone.

DRY SKIN

Dry is used to describe a skin type that produces less sebum than normal skin. Dry skin is determined by flaky and rough texture. It can at times feel tight and cause irritation. As a result of the lack of sebum, Dry skin lacks the lipids that it needs to retain moisture and build a protective shield against external influences. This results in theflaky and rough appearance. How Can You Identify Dry Skin? Flaky and rough skin Uneven texture Itching Skin feels tight What Causes Dry Skin? A. Genetics If most of your family members have dry skin, you are likely to have it too. B. Season Dry skin is more common in dry climates and in the winter season due to lack of humidity. C. Long showers If you spend long hours in the shower, it can rip your skin of its necessary oils. This contributes to dry skin. D. Age As you grow older, sebum production in your skin reduces. This can result in flaky skin. Tips For Dry Skin Moisturize your skin regularly to keep it soft and hydrated AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE

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Don’t spend too much time in the shower Pat your skin gently while drying yourself up Drink lots of water Use a humidifier to retain your skin’s natural moisture Use sunscreen to prevent your skin from getting dehydrated

COMBINATION SKIN

Combination skin is a mixture of two skin types - dry skin and oily skin. Usually in combination skin types, the T-zone is oily and the cheeks are dry.

How Can You Identify Combination Skin? Oily T-zone and dry cheeks Breakouts only on forehead, chin and nose Sensitive cheeks What Causes Combination Skin? A. Genetics If any of your parents and other family members have combination skin, you may have it too. B. Products Sometimes, harsh products can cause a change in skin type and contribute to excess sebum production in the T-zone. C. Climate You may see a change in your skin type depending on the change in the climate. For example, summers may make your skin oily. Your skin may feel dry during the winter months.

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Tips For Combination Skin A. Use Cleansers If you have combination skin, the pores in your T-zone are larger than the rest of your face. Harsh products may clog your pores. Using a gentle cleanser is recommended. B. Exfoliate Gently And Once in A While Exfoliating every day isn’t recommended for any skin type. It can remove necessary oils from your skin. When you exfoliate, don’t scrub your T-zone too much. Scrubbing too hard can damage your skin. C. Wear Sunscreen Sunscreen is a must-have skincare product. Choose an oil-free sunscreen if you have combination skin. D. Maintain Two Separate Skin Care Routines Products that work for dry skin may be harsh on oily skin. Follow a separate skincare regimen for your T-zone. Don’t use the same products for your T-zone and the rest of your face. E. Buy Oil-Free Products Whether it's a sunscreen or makeup, buy oil-free products to avoid clogged pores.

SENSITIVE SKIN

How Can You Identify Sensitive Skin? Skin feels itchy and tight Parts of your body have uneven texture Becomes oily in summers Gets dry in winters Reacts to skincare Becomes red after a hot water bath AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE

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Feels itchy while wearing tight clothes Flushes easily after eating spicy food Are Allergies The Same As Skin Sensitivity? Allergies are more severe and can sometimes cause difficulty in breathing and nausea. If you are allergic to dust, it doesn’t necessarily mean your skin is sensitive. In skin care, you may be allergic to a particular ingredient but your skin may not be sensitive. It may be able to adapt to other products that don’t contain that ingredient. However, if you have sensitive skin, your skin will most likely react to harsh chemicals and skin products. Tips For Sensitive Skin A. Conduct A Patch Test This is mandatory if you want to avoid your skin from reacting. Don’t use a product without testing it on your hand. Wait for 24 hours after the patch test. If your skin doesn’t react to it, go ahead and apply it to your face. B. Don’t Overdo Your Skincare Routine Buy a mild cleanser, moisturizer and sunscreen. Don’t apply too many products to your face. C. Don’t Blindly Believe the “Hypoallergenic” Label Products claiming to be “hypoallergenic” may not necessarily suit you. Conduct a patch test before applying these products as well.

3. COMMON SKIN AILMENTS/SKIN TREATMENTS

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Rash: Nearly any change in the skin’s appearance can be called a rash. Most rashes are from simple skin irritation; others result from medical conditions. Dermatitis: A general term for inflammation of the skin. Atopic dermatitis (a type of eczema) is the most common form.

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Eczema: Skin inflammation (dermatitis) causing an itchy rash. Most often, it’s due to an overactive immune system. Psoriasis: An autoimmune condition that can cause a variety of skin rashes. Silver, scaly plaques on the skin are the most common form. Dandruff: A scaly condition of the scalp may be caused by seborrheic dermatitis, psoriasis, or eczema. Acne: The most common skin condition, acne affects over 85% of people at some time in life. Cellulites: Inflammation of the dermis and subcutaneous tissues, usually due to an infection. A red, warm, often painful skin rash generally results. Skin abscess (boil or furuncle): A localized skin infection creates a collection of pus under the skin. Some abscesses must be opened and drained by a doctor in order to be cured. Rosacea: A chronic skin condition causing a red rash on the face. Rosacea may look like acne, and is poorly understood. Warts: A virus infects the skin and causes the skin to grow excessively, creating a wart. Warts may be treated at home with chemicals, duct tape, or freezing, or removed by a physician. Melanoma: The most dangerous type of skin cancer, melanoma results from sun damage and other causes. A skin biopsy can identify melanoma. Basal cell carcinoma: The most common type of skin cancer. Basal cell carcinoma is less dangerous than melanoma because it grows and spreads more slowly. Seborrheic keratosis: A benign, often itchy growth that appears like a “stuck-on” wart. Seborrheic keratoses may be removed by a physician, if bothersome. Actinic keratosis: A crusty or scaly bump that forms on sun-exposed skin. Actinic keratoses can sometimes progress to cancer. Squamous cell carcinoma: A common form of skin cancer, squamous cell carcinoma may begin as an ulcer that won’t heal, or an abnormal growth. It usually develops in sun-exposed areas. Herpes: The herpes viruses HSV-1 and HSV-2 can cause periodic blisters or skin irritation around the lips or the genitals. Hives: Raised, red, itchy patches on the skin that arise suddenly. Hives usually result from an allergic reaction. Tinea versicolor: A benign fungal skin infection creates pale areas of low pigmentation on the skin. Viral exantham: Many viral infections can cause a red rash affecting large areas of the skin. This is especially common in children.

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Shingles (herpes zoster): Caused by the chickenpox virus, shingles is a painful rash on one side of the body. A new adult vaccine can prevent shingles in most people. Scabies: Tiny mites that burrow into the skin cause scabies. An intensely itchy rash in the webs of fingers, wrists, elbows, and buttocks is typical of scabies. Ringworm: A fungal skin infection (also called tinea). The characteristic rings it creates are not due to worms.

Skin Tests

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Skin biopsy: A piece of skin is removed and examined under a microscope to identify a skin condition. Skin testing (allergy testing): Extracts of common substances (such as pollen) are applied to the skin, and any allergic reactions are observed. Tuberculosis skin test (purified protein derivative or PPD): Proteins from the tuberculosis (TB) bacteria are injected under the skin. In someone who’s had TB, the skin becomes firm. Skin Treatments

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Corticosteroids (steroids): Medicines that reduce immune system activity may improve dermatitis. Topical steroids are most often used. Antibiotics: Medicines that can kill the bacteria causing cellulitis and other skin infections. Antiviral drugs: Medicines can suppress the activity of the herpes virus, reducing symptoms. Antifungal drugs: Topical creams can cure most fungal skin infections. Occasionally, oral medicines may be needed. Antihistamines: Oral or topical medicines can block histamine, a substance that causes itching. Skin surgery: Most skin cancers must be removed by surgery. Immune modulators: Various drugs can modify the activity of the immune system, improving psoriasis or other forms of dermatitis. Skin moisturizers (emollients): Dry skin is more likely to become irritated and itchy. Moisturizers can reduce symptoms of many skin conditions.

4. SKINCARE DOS AND DONTS: BASIC SKINCARE ROUTINE

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Building A Daily Skin Care Routine

No matter what your skin type is, a daily skin care routine can help you maintain overall skin health and improve specific concerns like acne, scarring, and dark spots. A daily skin care routine has four basic steps you can do once in the morning and once before you sleep.

Sequence Matters, Here’s Why Applying your skin care products in the proper order ensures that your skin receives the full benefits of each product. The order of application is incredibly important. The skin’s job is to keep things out, but many of the skin care products we use have ingredients we want to get in. Only a very small amount of these key ingredients can penetrate the skin, even when perfectly formulated and perfectly applied. If you don’t apply products in the correct order, you will not see the best results from your skin care regimen.

How to Layer Your Skin Care Products: A Step-by-Step Guide So which product goes on top of what, you ask? An easy rule of thumb to follow is to apply your products with the thinnest consistency to thickest, or from liquid to cream. In general, think thin-to-thick, but you also want to first use the products with the ingredients that are most important to penetrate into the skin like antioxidants in serums and finish with the products that need to sit on top of the skin like emollients and humectants in moisturizers.

Basic Regimen Step 1: Cleanser In the morning, start by splashing your face with warm water or, if you must, wash with a gentle face cleanser designed for your skin type.

Step 2: Toner Most people choose to skip toners, partly because there’s a lingering assumption that most toners are harsh and irritate the skin. Fortunately, that’s not the case anymore. While they don’t physically “shrink” pores, the new breed of toners can serve multiple purposes, like act as AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE

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a delivery system for antioxidants, vitamin B derivatives and even toning acids. Additionally, each type of toner is intended for a different skin issue, so it’s important to use the right kind for your skin concern. However, if you have lived all your life without using a toner and your skin looks healthy the there is no need to start using one. Toners were created to help return the skin’s pH after it became too basic from harsh soaps. Face cleansers are now so much better balanced that toners are not a required step anymore. That said, if you have a toner that you like using, there’s no harm in sticking with it.

Step 3: Antioxidant Serums Serums are super-concentrated, nutrient-dense treatments that address specific concerns, so it’s better to keep them as close to the skin as possible. There are various serums available on the market today, but it is recommended to use antioxidant serums, which provide a variety of benefits—from blunting your skin’s inflammatory response to neutralizing damage from UV rays and environmental pollutants.

Step 4: Eye Creams It’s vital to apply an eye cream at least every night—if not twice a day—starting in your 20s. It’s about maintaining the health and thickness of the eyelid skin. Improving the skin quality in this area early on ensures that the eyelid skin does not easily lose laxity and its smooth appearance later on. For best results, consistency is key. Regular use of eye cream over time will keep the eyelid skin elastic and can improve or prevent against some fine lines or collagen loss. Remember: Nothing is magic. Results don’t occur overnight. You can further protect the delicate skin around your eyes by choosing an eye cream with SPF or applying sunscreen every day. It’s also recommended to remember to wear sunglasses when outside to protect against UV-light damage and lines that can creep up around the corners of your eyes from squinting.

Step 5: Spot Treatment

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Prescription medications and acne spot treatments need to be applied as close to the skin as possible to maximize their benefits. As acne spot treatments differ in active ingredients, check your product packaging or consult your dermatologist for the best way to apply it. Prescriptionstrength benzoyl peroxide, a common acne spot treatment ingredient, has a one- to three-hour working time. Any cream that comes in contact with it before it has completed its work will likely inhibit the active ingredient from working properly. Remember that acne spot treatments can dry out your skin, so always apply only on spots where you need it.

Step 6: Moisturizer Yes, everyone needs a moisturizer, even if you have oily skin. Even though your body has its own natural lubricating system consisting of glands that secrete oil (or sebum) to maintain a protective coating against harsh outside conditions and infections, most of us do need extra hydration after the havoc that sun, weather and harsh chemicals wreak on our skin. Most experts recommend that the best time to apply a moisturizer is while the skin is still damp, so the sooner you go through applying your serum and treatment, the sooner you’re able to lock in much-needed hydration with your moisturizer. If you’re using an acne spot treatment, you may want to skip those areas when applying your moisturizer to make sure the ingredients in it won’t interfere with the active ingredients in your spot treatment.

Step 7: Sun Screen Sunscreen should be the last step in your daytime skin care routine if you’re using a physical or mineral sunscreen, which works by physically blocking UV rays. This step becomes tricky when you’re using a chemical sunscreen.Chemical sunscreens have to be absorbed into the skin to be effective, so applying after your moisturizer will delay and hinder that. However, if you apply your chemical sunscreen before your moisturizer, your moisturizer will not work as well either because the skin is coated with chemical sunscreen. To get around this, it is recommended to use physical sunscreen with zinc and to apply it after your moisturizer. Zinc is safe, effective and provides the broadest protection against UVA and UVB rays. As for those who like using chemical sunscreens, try to look for a formula that offers moisturizing benefits, so you can get your daily hydration needs while protecting your skin.

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5. ORGANIC SKINCARE EQUIPMENTS AND MATERIALS To start your organic skin care business, there are equipments and materials you cannot do without if you must operate seamlessly. They are quite affordable and can be found online and in local stores. They are as follows           

Measuring Containers : These includes Spoons, Cups, bowls, jugs and even beakers specifically made for reading and taking specific measurements of raw materials. Electric stick blender for creating emulsions (creams and lotions). Hand whisk, spoons, spatula. Electric hand whisk for whipping body butter Digital Scales for Measurement Protective clothing to protect both you and your products, eg Gloves, Nose mask. Double boiler Containers /Buckets/Bowls Towel Funnel Mortar and pestle for black soap

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Shelf Life: This is the total duration of time during which your products can survive. Preservative are products added to skin care products to extend its shelf life and prevent formation of moulds Mixer: The mouth comes in different forms and it could be a electric hand mixer, standing mixer or use a hand whisk. Tbs or Tbsp: means tablespoon, which is used for measurement. Tsp: means teaspoon also used in measuring. SPF means sun protecting factor, which is used to protect ourselves from the harmful ultraviolet rays. Essential if you use lightening or whitening products or if one has sunburn. G/g- Gram Kg- Kilogram Oz- Ounce Ml- Millilitre L/Ltr- Litre

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7. THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF ORGANIC SKINCARE INGREDIENTS, THEIR FUNCTIONS AND EXAMPLES  Base Solvents Just as the name resonates, Base Solvents are Liquid ingredients that serve as foundational base ingredient in the formulation. They usually make up to 50% or more when they are used in making Natural/Organic skincare products. Common examples of Base Solvents are: Distilled/ Deionized Water, Aloe-vera Juice, and Rose Water etc

 Hydrosols Hydrosols are produced during the process of making Essential oils by steam distillation. Hydrosols are like water but are richer in nutrients than ordinary or deionized/ distilled water. Examples of Hydrosols are Lavender Water, Rose water etc.

 Emulsifiers Another class of ingredients are Emulsifiers.Emulsifiers are class of Ingredients that make two immiscible liquids miscible through the process of emulsification. E.g. Water and oil do not mix together butan emulsifier will help to mix water and oil together. In soap making, Emulsifiers are referred to as SURFACTANTS. When making soap Surfactants primarily make Water and Oil mix together. Example of Surfactant is Lye (sodium hydroxide). Common examples of Emulsifiers are: E-wax, Xyliance, ECOMulse, Olivem 1000 etc

 Co-Emulsifier This class or category of ingredients may also be called Stabilizers or Thickeners. Stabilizer or Thickener help to increase the consistency, volume and viscosity of cosmetic products, thereby AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE

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providing more stability and better product performance. Common examples of Co-emulsifier are Stearic Acid, Cetyl alcohol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Beeswax, Xanthan Gum, Candelilla Wax etc. They support the function of Emulsifier so they are called Co-emulsifier. Please note that when mixing water and oil together; adding a co-emulsifier alone won't mix the water and oil together. Emulsifier is the main class of ingredient that helps to perfectly mix water and oil together.

 Emollients Emollients are plant oils that contain essential (important) fatty acids.Emollients serve major functions such as soothing, smoothing and softening of the skin texture. Sub categories of Emollient include Carrier oils and Butters. Carrier oils are essential fatty oils that appear as liquid at room temperature while butters are solid at room temperature. Common examples of Carrier oils are: Jojoba oil, Argan oil, Rosehip seed oil, Pomegranate, Olive Squalene, Macadamia, Grape seed oil.Common examples of plant Butters include: Shea butter, Mango butter, Coffee butter.Carrier oils are oils derived from the Fatty part of a plant. The fatty part of a plant is usually the seeds, fruits, kernels or nuts. Carrier oils are also called Vegetable oils or *Base oils*.We refer to *Vegetable oils as *Carrier Oils* because of their ability to *penetrate through the skin*. Since Carrier oils have ability to penetrate into the skin, we use them to ‘ *carry* ' and ' *dilute* ' *Essential Oils* *Essential Oils* are really *harsh* when applied directly on the skin (*they can burn the skin if applied directly on the skin*).More so, *Essential Oils* really dry fast when applied on the skin, they cannot penetrate into the skin by themselves. So, Carrier Oils help in *diluting* and *carrying* *essential oils* into the skinthus, the name *Carrier* oils. Like I mentioned earlier, *Carrier oils* are oils that are pressed from the *seeds, fruits, kernels or nuts* of plants.

HOW ARE *VEGETABLE/ CARRIER OILS* MADE?

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AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE 3. *Refined Process* 4. *Oil Infusion Or Maceration Of Oil*

 *Humectants* This category of ingredients are ingredients that have *the ability to attract water to the skin and draw water into the skin*. Common Examples of ingredients in this category are: *Glycerin, Honey, Panthenol (pro-vitamin B5), Hyaluronic Acid, Sodium Lactate*

 *Occulsives* When *humectants* attract water to the skin, *Occulsive* are ingredients that *help to keep the attracted moisture from escaping too quickly from the skin cells*. That is, *Occlusive help retain water* in the skin cells. Common example of ingredient that perform *Occulsive* function are *Waxes*: *Beeswax*, *Candelilla wax* are common examples of occulsive ingredient

 *Aromatherapy Or Essential Oils* These class of ingredients give *Aroma, healing or therapeutic properties* to the skin. Some of them are used as Fragrance, due to their intense smell. Common examples of Aromatherapy ingredients are: *Lavender essential oil, Lemon essential oil, Tea tree essential oil*

 *Antioxidants* These are ingredients that *help improve shelf life of oils, so they won't go rancid on time*.Common Examples of Antioxidants Are: *Vitamin E Oil, Rosemary Oil and Grape Seed Oil*

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 *High Performance/ Active Ingredients* These are ingredients that help *boost the efficiency of a skin care product*.Common examples of this category of ingredients are: *Vitamins* such as Vitamin B, Vitamin C, *Acids* Such as Alpha Hydroxy Acids and Beta Hydroxyl Acids *Whitening/Lightening Powders* such as Kojic acid, Alpha arbutin, Sepiwhite, Sym white, Giga white powder, Glutathione powder, *Botanical Extracts*Camwood powder, Sandalwood powder, Mulberry powder, Licorice powder etc

 *Aesthetics* These are ingredients that *do not provide any function* in the product but *only add* to the *attractiveness, beauty or outlook* of a skin care product.Common examples of *Aesthetic Ingredients* are: 1. *Natural flavors such as vanilla pod*. *Vanilla pod* give the *scent of vanilla when used to make a product*. 2. *Rose petals* adds beauty and makes customers believe that manufacturers used natural ingredients to make the product 3. *Mica* - they add high pigmentation colors to skincare products.

 *Preservatives* *Preservatives* are added to skincare products *that contain water*, in order *to kill or stop growth of microbes in a product*.This way, preservatives help to extend the product life cycle.Common examples of *Preservatives* used in natural skincare products are *Optiphen, Germall plus, Optiphen plus, MethylParaben*

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 *Chelating Agents* *Chelating Ingredients/ agents* are ingredients that *help prevent heavy (toxic) metals* from entering into our body/ bloodstream.Toxic metals are usually deposited in the water we use in bathing or through *the old (rusty) pipes* that bring water to our bathrooms/ toilets.The term *Chelate* means that this class of ingredient *react with toxic metals to reduce their potency* on our skin. Chelating agents provide similar function to *Preservatives* in that they *help preserve products from becoming too harsh on the skin by also reacting with trace of toxic metals in the skincare products*. Popular example of *Chelating agents* are *Sodium EDTA, Tetrasodium EDTA*... if you try to read the list of ingredients of your *soaps or hand wash*, you will normally see this ingredient listed.

 *ph Adjusters* What are *pH Adjusters*? Just as the name sound, they are ingredients that help increase or reduce the pH of a product. Common examples are*Citric acid, lactic acid, sodium hydroxide, sodium bicarbonate*.

8. EMULSIONS What are emulsions? These are products made of *Water* and *Oils* (including butters) and blended by *Emulsifier* and Co-emulsifier (optional).Common examples of Emulsion are: *creams* and *lotions* 

*Creams*

Creams contain *lesser water when compared to lotions but contain more oils than lotion*. Hence they are thicker than Lotions. 

*Lotions*

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Lotions have same ingredients with cream but *have more water content than creams*. As a result, lotions are *lighter, and easier to apply*. Lotions have *lower amount of oils and butter* in them. They are better recommended for use during the *sunny or hot climate*. This is because lotions hydrates well and are easily absorbed into the body.

9. AROMATHERAPY Aromatherapy is the method of employing essential oils to protect, heal and beautify. Essential oils can help the body mitigate everyday ailments; strengthen your immune system, organs, and glands, fight bacteria, fungi and viruses; lower your stress levels; and tone, relax and strengthen your muscles. They can assist in healing the body itself; help to keep your skin and hair in tiptop condition and your home fragrant and clean.

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ESSENTIAL OILS

An essential oil is that aromatic, volatile liquid that comes from inside flowers, shrubs, trees, roots, bushes, and other aromatic parts of plants. Many people call essential oils the lifeblood of plants because they carry oxygen and nutrients within the plant and are part of the regenerative process of the plant. Essential oils play many roles including infection control, humidity control, hormonal effects, wound healing, and attracting or repelling insects, birds, and animals. Essential oils, contrary to the use of the word “oil” are not really oily, and they are clear and volatile. There are seemingly endless choices when it comes to buying essential oils and for every oil there are at least a dozen uses. There are many ways to use essential oils:      

Incorporate with carrier oils to make massage oils Add in minute quantities to bath, along with a carrier such as milk Incorporate with a carrier oil to make insect repellent Incorporate in cosmetic, lotion and healing ointments Use in shampoos, conditioners and hair products Use to add antibacterial and antiviral qualities to room-fresher sprays

Essential oils are volatile, which means they evaporate rapidly and contain the natural smell and characteristics of the plant. This can make them too strong to apply undiluted. Carrier oils AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE

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do not evaporate, making them perfect for diluting especially strong essential oils — reducing the concentration of the essential oil without altering its therapeutic qualities.

LIST OF ESSENTIAL OILS:                  

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Lavender Tea tree oil Peppermint oil Lemon oil Lemongrass oil Myrrh Frankinsence Chamomile Rosemary oil Bergamont Neroli Palmorosa Patchouli Cypress Carrot seed oil Sandalwood Jasmine Ylang ylang

CAREER OILS

Carrier oils Carrier oils are vegetable oils derived from the fatty part of a plant, such as the seed, nut, or kernel. They are essential fatty oils that appear as liquid at room temperature while butters are solid at room temperature. Common examples of Carrier oils are: Jojoba oil, Argan oil, Rosehip seed oil, Pomegranate, Olive Squalene, Macadamia, Grape seed oil. Common examples of plant Butters include: Shea butter, Mango butter, Coffee butter. Carrier oils are oils derived from the Fatty part of a plant. The fatty part of a plant is usually the seeds, fruits, kernels or nuts.

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Carrier oils are also called Vegetable oils or *Base oils*.We refer to *Vegetable oils as *Carrier Oils* because of their ability to *penetrate through the skin*. Since Carrier oils have ability to penetrate into the skin, we use them to ‘*carry*' and '*dilute* *Essential Oils*

LIST OF CARRIER OILS ARE:              

Grape seed Sweet almond Avocado Coconut oil Olive oil Apricot kernel oil Borage seed oil Evening primrose Hazelnut Hempseed oil Jojoba oil Sesame oil Peanut oil Sunflower oil

Oils that are gentle and natural will not irritate your skin. Using oils on oily skin can help to regulate sebum production; you just have to ensure using oil that will not clog your pores. The comedogenic scale is a five-point scale that tells you how comedogenic that ingredient is. An oil that has a comedogenic rating of 0 is widely believed to be non-comedogenic and will not clog your pores and oils that have a rating of 4 – 5 should be avoided as is basically a guaranteed chance of breaking out.

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*COMEDOGENIC RATING OF OILS*

Comedogenic rating is the ability for the oil to clog your pores. It starts at 0 and goes through 5. The higher the number the higher chances you have to the oil clogging your pores. Using a noncomedogenic oil means that oil will not clog your pores. Acne and oily prone skin types should be using oils that have a 0-1 rating, anything higher you are running the risk of clogged pores AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE

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and more breakouts. Normal/Combo skin type should be able to use oils with ratings up to a 2 and dry/mature skin type should be able to use oils with ratings up to a 3. Always keep in mind your skin is yours, you know it best so always listen to your skin. Don't use products just because they are popular or you got them for free, stick to products that your skin likes. 0 – Does not clog pores 1 – Low risk of clogging pores 2 – Moderately low (May clog pores for some but be fine for most) 3 – Moderate (Will most like clog acne prone/oily skin type, but may not clog dry skin types. It all depends on the skin type) 4 – Fairly high (Clogs pores for most people) 5 – High probability your pores will become clogged Take note that Linoleic Acid is non clogging, while Oleic Acid is clogging Name

Comedogenic Rating

Composition

Abyssinian Seed Oil

0

High in Erucic Acid and Moderate in Oleic Acid

Acai Berry Oil

2

High in Oleic Acid and Moderate in Linoleic Acid

Almond Oil, Sweet

2

High in Oleic Acid

Andiroba Seed Oil

2

High in Oleic Acid, Moderate in Linoleic Acid

Apricot Kernel Oil

2

High in Oleic Acid

Argan Oil

0

High in Oleic Acid, Linoleic Acid

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Avocado Oil

3

High in Oleic Acid

Babassu Oil

1-2

High in Lauric, Myristic and Oleic Acid

Baobob Seed Oil

2

High in Oleic Acid, Moderate Linoleic

Black Currant Seed Oil

0-1

High in Linoleic Acid + GLA and ALA

Blackberry Seed Oil

0-1

High in Linoleic, Moderate Linolenic Acid

Black Cumin Seed Oil

2

High in Linoleic Acid, Moderate Oleic

Black Raspberry Seed Oil

1-2

High in Linoleic Acid, Moderate Linolenic

Blueberry Seed Oil

0-1

High in Linoleic Acid, Moderate Linolenic & Oleic

Borage Oil

2

High in Linoleic Acid and GLA

Brazil Nut Oil

2

High in Oleic Acid, Moderate Linoleic

Broccoli Seed Oil

1

High in Erucic Acid and Oleic Acid

Buriti Oil

2

High in Oleic Acid

Camellia Seed Oil

1

High in Oleic Acid

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Carrot Seed Oil

3-4

High in Oleic Acid

Castor Oil

1

High in Ricinoleic Acid

Cherry Kernel Oil

2

High in Oleic and Linoleic Acid

Chia Seed Oil

3

High in Linolenic

Cloudberry Seed Oil

1

High in Linoleic and Linolenic Acid

Cocoa Butter

4

High in Oleic and Stearic Acid

Coconut Butter

4

High in Oleic, Stearic and Palmitic Acid

Coconut Oil

4

High in Lauric Acid

Coconut Oil, Fractionated

2-3

High in Caprylic and Capric Acid

Cottonseed Oil

3

High in Linoleic Acid

Cranberry Seed Oil

2

High in Linoleic Acid, Moderate in Oleic and Linolenic Acid

Cucumber Seed Oil

1

High in Linoleic Acid

Date Seed Oil

3

High in Oleic Acid

Elderberry Seed Oil

1-2

High in Linoelic and Linolenic Acid

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Emu Oil

1

High in Oleic Acid, Moderate in Palmitic Acid

Evening Primrose Oil

2-3

High in Linoleic Acid, Moderate in GLA

Flax Seed Oil (Linseed)

4

High in Alpha Linolenic Acid

Guava Seed Oil

1-2

High in Linoleic Acid

Goji Berry Seed Oil

0-1

High in Linoleic Acid

Grapeseed Oil

1

High in Linoleic Acid

Hazelnut Oil

1

High in Oleic Acid

Hemp Seed Oil

0

High in Linoleic Acid, Moderate in Linolenic Acid

Jojoba Oil

2

High in Eicosenoic Acid

Karanja Oil

2

High in Oleic Acid

Kiwi Seed Oil

1

High in Linolenic Acid

Kukui Nut Oil

2

High in Linoleic Acid, Moderate in Oleic and Linolenic Acid

Lanolin Oil

2

NA

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Macadamia Nut Oil

2-3

High in Oleic Acid, Moderate in Palmitoleic Acid

Mango Butter

2

High in Oleic Acid, Moderate in Stearic Acid

Mango Seed Oil

2

High in Oleic and Stearic Acid

Marula Oil

3-4

High in Oleic Acid

Meadowfoam Seed Oil

1

High in Eicosenoic Acid

Milk Thistle Seed Oil

1

High in Linoleic Acid

Mineral Oil

0

NA

Mink Oil

3

High in Oleic Acid

Moringa Oil

3-4

High in Oleic Acid

Mowrah Butter

na

High in Oleic and Palmitic Acid

Neem Oil

1-2

High in Oleic Acid

Olive Oil

2

High in Oleic Acid

Papaya Seed Oil

2-3

High in Oleic Acid

Palm Oil

4

High in Lauric Acid

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Palm Oil, Red

4

High in Oleic Acid, Moderate in Palmitic Acid

Passionfruit (Maracuja) Seed Oil

1-2

High in Linoleic Acid

Peach Kernel Oil

2

High in Oleic Acid

Peanut Oil

2

High in Oleic and Palmitic Acid

Pecan Oil

2

High in Oleic Acid, Moderate in Linoleic Acid

Perilla Oil

1-2

High in ALA

Pistachio Oil

na

High in Oleic and Palmitic Acid

Plum Kernel Oil

1-2

High in Oleic Acid, Moderate in Linoleic Acid

Pomegranate Seed Oil

1

High in Punicic Acid

Prickly Pear Seed Oil

1-2

High in Linoleic Acid

Pumpkin Seed Oil

2

High in Linoleic Acid, Moderate in Oleic Acid

Red Raspberry Seed Oil

0-1

High in Linoleic Acid, Moderate in Linolenic Acid

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Rice Bran Oil

2

High in Oleic and Linoleic Acid

Rosehip Seed Oil

1

High in Linoleic Acid, Moderate in Linolenic Acid

Safflower Oil (High Linoliec)

0

High in Linoleic Acid

Sea Buckthorn Oil

1

High in Palmitic, Palmitoleic and Oleic Acid

Sesame Seed Oil

3

High in Linoleic and Oleic Acid

Shea Butter

0-2

High in Oleic and Stearic Acid

Shea Oil

0-2

High in Oleic Acid, Moderate in Stearic Acid

Soybean Oil

4-5

High in Linoleic Acid

Squalane Oil

0-1

High in Omega-2

Strawberry Seed Oil

1

High in Linoleic and Linolenic Acid

Sunflower Seed Oil

0-2

High in Linoleic Acid

Tamanu Oil

2

High in Oleic and Linoleic Acid

Tomato Seed Oil

0-2

High in Linoleic Acid, Moderate in Oleic Acid

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Walnut Seed Oil

1-2

High in Linoleic Acid, Moderate in Oleic Acid

Watermelon Seed Oil

0-1

High in Linoleic Acid

Wheat Germ Oil

5

High in Linolenic Acid

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CARRIER OILS SUITABLE FOR THE DIFFERENT SKIN TYPES

1. *Oily skin* Argan oil, Aprocot Kernel oil, Evening primrose oil, Hemp oil, Hazelnut oil, Jojoba oil, RosehipSeed oil, Safflower oil, Tamanu oil, Sesame oil, Grape seed oil 2. *Dry skin* Olive oil, Macadamia nut oil, Avocado oil, Canola oil, Neem oil, Hazelnut, Sweet Almond oil, Argan oil, Rosehip seed oil, Sunflower oil, Apricot Kernel oil 3. *Extremely Dry skin* Coconut, Shea oil/ butter, Mango butter, Cocoa butter/ oil, kokum butter 4. *Combination skin* Sweet almond, Argan Oil, Apricot, Sesame,Rosehip 5. *Normal skin* Jojoba, Sweet Almond, Sunflower, Grape seed oil, Apricot Kernel oil 6. *Acne-Prone skin* Jojoba, Evening Primrose, Argan, Grape seed oil, Sesame 7. *Mature skin* Rosehip, Sweet Almond, Avocado, Tamanu, Sunflower, Apricot kernel, Moringa oil 8. *All skin types* AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE

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14. CARRIER OIL SUBSTITUTION IN CASE YOU DON'T HAVE THAT PARTICULAR OIL 1. Argan Oil – Hemp Seed Oil, Sunflower Oil 2. Avocado Oil – Olive Oil, Castor Oil 3. Castor Oil – Wheat Germ Oil, Sesame Oil, Avocado Oil 4. Coconut Oil – Grape seed Oil, Jojoba Oil, Argan Oil 5. Evening Primrose Oil – Black Currant Oil, Flaxseed Oil, Borage Seed Oil, Vitamin E Oil 6. Emu Oil – Jojoba Oil, Grape seed Oil, Andiroba Oil 7. Grape seed Oil – Safflower Oil, Sunflower Oil, Apricot Kernel Oil 8. Hemp Seed Oil – Olive Oil, Macadamia Nut Oil 9. Jojoba Oil – Sweet Almond Oil, Grape seed Oil, Sunflower Oil 10. Macadamia Nut Oil – Hazel Nut Oil, Sweet Almond Oil 11. Olive Oil – Canola Oil, Sunflower Oil 12. Rosehip Oil – Jojoba Oil 13. Safflower Oil – Camellia Seed Oil 14. Sunflower Oil – Soybean Oil, Canola Oil 15. Sweet Almond Oil – Apricot Kernel Oil, Grape seed Oil, Sunflower Oil

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*ESSENTIAL OILS SUITABLE FOR THE VARIOUS SKIN TYPES*

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*Oily Skin*

Bergamot, Cypress, Geranium, Frankincense, Chamomile, Jasmine, Junniper, Lavender,Lemon, LimeMarjoram, Orange oil, Palmarosa, Rosemary, Ylang Ylang 

*Dry Skin*

Cedarwood, Geranium, Chamomile, Hyssop, Lavender, Myrrh, Neroli, Palmarosa, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Rosemary 

*Combination Skin*

Bergamot, Fennel, Frankincense, Geranium, Chamomile, Jasmine, Lavender, Lemon, Neroli, Orange, Palmarosa, Patchouli, Rosemary 

*Normal Skin*

Fennel, Frankincense, Geranium, Chamomile, Jasmine, Lemon, Neroli, Palmarosa 

*Acne-Prone skin*

Lemon, Lavender, Chamomile, Bergamot, Ylang Ylang, Geranium 

*All skin types*

Geranium, Chamomile, Palmarosa, Ylang Ylang

17. ESSENTIAL AND CARRIER OILS BEST FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES *Examples of Carrier Oils for Acne Fighting include:* Argan oil, Grape seed oil, Evening Primrose oil, Tamanu oil, Jojoba, Rosehip seed oil. *Examples of Essential Oils for Acne Fighting include:* Lemon EO, Tumeric EO, Teatree EO, Geranium EO, Lavender EO, Junniper EO, Cypress EO and others. *Examples of Repair/ anti-aging Carrier Oils include:* Pomegranate oil, Apricot, Wheat Germ oil, Jojoba oil, Rosehip oil. *Examples of Repair/ Anti-aging EO are:* Rose oil, Carrot seed oil, Frankincense EO, Fennel EO, Ginger EO, Orange Oil, Oregano, Jasmine EO, Hyssop EO, Bay EO and others.

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*Examples of Glow Butters and Carrier Oils include*: Mango butter, Rosehip, Baobab, Marula and others. *Examples of Glow Essential Oils are:* Carrot seed oil, Papaya oil, Camwood oil, Lime oil, Junniper oil, Neem oil, Sandalwood oil, Vanilla oil, Manuka oil, Mandarin oil, Tumeric oil among others. *Examples of Lightening Carrier Oils include:* this is best achieved by using macerated/ oil infusion. Common/best oils for infusion are cold-pressed light weight and high adsorbent oils such as: Sunflower oil, Almond oil, Castor oil, Rice bran oil, Baobab oil, Soya oil.

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BUTTERS: Shea butter Cocoa butter Avocado butter Mango butter

You may be familiar with Shea butter and Cocoa butter. But mango butter and avocado butters are not that common. But you can get them from organic stores

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*FLORA WATERS /HYDROSOLS* Witch hazel Rosewater Lavender water Tea tree water Sandalwood Geranuim Rosemary Chamomile

These liquids are what we use to make cream because they are sterile.

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HOW TO TURN COSMETIC FORMULAR INTO A RECIPE

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Professional cosmetic formulas are written in percentages. So how do you convert a formula written in percentages into a weight based recipe you can make? Let’s make an example with a Converting a formula into a 100g test batch size How to calculate different batch sizes. The examples used are for a simple skincare product; however the same calculations apply to any type of cosmetic product such as hair care or body care. Converting a formula into a 100g test batch size One of the benefits of writing a formula in percentages is that it’s very easy to make different batch sizes, and when we talk about a batch, we simply mean a quantity of your product. That could be large or small depending on how many individual products you want to make. So let’s start with an easy example. Here is a simple formula for facial oil which uses 50% jojoba, 30% rosehip, 18.4% macadamia, 1% lavender, 0.5% frankincense, 0.1% Vitamin E Formula

100g batch

50% jojoba oil

50g jojoba oil

30% rosehip oil

30g rosehip oil

18.4% macadamia oil

18.4g macadamia oil

1% lavender essential oil

1g lavender essential oil

0.5% frankincense essential oil 0.5g frankincense essential oil 0.1 % Vitamin E

0.1g Vitamin E

If I wanted to start by making a 100 gram batch, this is a very easy calculation to make. So to change a formula into a 100 gram batch, all you need to do is replace the percentage symbol with grams symbol; you can do a straight swap. Fifty percent jojoba oil would be 50 grams of jojoba oil, 30% rosehip oil would be 30 grams of rosehip oil, etc. So as you can see, this is very easy to do.

If you want to make a test batch of something like a cream or a lotion or body butter, then a 100-gram batch is a good size to start with. For those of you familiar with ounces, 100 grams is about three-and-a-half ounces.

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How To Calculate Different Batch Sizes When you’re confident that you like your product, and you don’t want to make any more adjustments to your formula, then you’ll most likely at some point want to make a larger batch size. To do this, you firstly need to decide how much product you want to make – the total size of your batch. You then need to work out how much of each ingredient to use, and there is an easy calculation to make. This calculation is the percentage of the ingredient divided by 100, multiplied by the batch size. percentage / 100 x batch size In this example, we’ve chosen to make a 250-gram batch. So in the example of jojoba, this would be 50 divided by 100, multiplied by 250, equals 125 grams. Formula

250g batch

50% jojoba oil

125g jojoba oil

30% rosehip oil

75g rosehip oil

18.4% macadamia oil

46g macadamia oil

1% lavender essential oil

2.5g lavender essential oil

0.5% frankincense essential oil 1.25g frankincense essential oil 0.1 % Vitamin E

0.25g Vitamin E

You simply need to do this calculation for every ingredient, and write down the corresponding weight of that ingredient that you would need to include in that batch. Once you’ve calculated all of the individual ingredient weights, total them up to check that the total weight equals the total batch size that you want to make, and then you’ll know that you’ve done all the calculations correctly.. So as you can see calculating different batch sizes is a necessary skill to make larger batches of your product. It’s an easy calculation to do but care must be taken to ensure it is correct.

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*ACNE FACE SOAP* Black soap.

60%

Honey.

15%

Shea butter.

5%

Glycerine.

5%

Miracle powder.

3%

Tumeric.

2%

Sulphur.

2%

Papaya seed oil.

4%

Neem powder.

2%

Preservative

1%

Tea tree essential oil.

1%

*When calculating the amount of ingredients to put in your formulation, there is something we call the base ingredients. This is the major ingredients that are the ingredients that will be more in a formulation* *If you notice black soap has the highest percentage there because it is the main ingredient. You need to make sure that when you add everything up it has to be up to 100 no more or less because we are calculating in % ( percentage)* *Since we will be calculating in percentage everything has to be 100%*. *Now let's say we are making it in a 200gram cup and we want to make 12 cups of the 200 gram cup.* *This is how it is calculated* You will first multiply 200 times 12 that is ➡➡ 200× 12 = 2,400 grams Which means that 2,400grams is the total grams for twelve cups of black soaps.

Now let’s calculate

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60% black soap = 60÷100 × 2400 = 1440 grams 15% honey = 15÷ 100 × 2400 = 360 ml 5% Shea butter = 5÷ 100 × 2400 = 120 grams 5% glycerine = 5÷100 × 2400 = 120 ml

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HOW TO MAKE HERBAL INFUSED OILS

A herbal infused oil (also known as a macerated oil) is carrier oil that has been ‘infused’ with the goodness of a herb or a flower. By letting herbs and flowers infuse in oil for a certain period of time we are able to extract many of the powerful and healing properties of the plant into a usable form. Many herbs are suitable for infusing, both those with high levels of volatile oils and those with fat-soluble components. You can try infusing herbs such as rosemary, lavender, peppermint, plantain, calendula and comfrey, which lend themselves well to making herbal infused oils. The basic idea is that the plant is immersed into a good-quality carrier/fixed oil such as almond oil, sunflower oil, jojoba or olive oil and either left naturally to heat in the sun over a period of few weeks, or heated in a bain-marie over a couple of hours. The oil absorbs many of the plant’s properties and the leached plant material is then strained out of the oil.

The oil that has been infused can then be used to make skincare formulations, balms, salves, creams, hair treatments, soaps and more. There are so many blending options to choose from and they are such fun to make and use. Using dried herbs will ensure the longest shelf life of your oil. Using fresh herbs may introduce moisture into your infused oil, which will spoil it.

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HOW TO MAKE ORANGE/LEMON OIL

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There are two ways to make your oils. *The first method is with heat while the second method is without heat.* For The First Method:    

Get your Oranges or lemons and wash them thoroughly to remove any pesticide or dirt. You can use any number as long as the oil covers the peels in the jar completely. Use knife or a grater to get the peels of the fruit. Be careful while doing this so as not to add the pits else it will make the oil bitter. After getting all the peels, you may want to dry them in order not to add moisture to the oil and bring about spoilage. After drying them, pour the peels into a jar and cover them up completely with olive oil making sure to give them a vigorous shake every day. Allow them stay in a place with warm sunlight for 2 to 4 days and sieve the oils out of the peel.

That’s your orange or lemon oil. For The Second Method:   

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Wash thoroughly like the first method. Get the peels off the fruits like before too and dry. After drying your orange peels, pour them into a jar and cover with olive oil and heat at low heat in a double boiler for 30 mins. Make sure the oil does not boil over so as not to destroy its properties. After this, take the jar off the heat and sieve out the oil. That’s your Orange Oil or lemon.

HOW TO MAKE CARROT OIL

Making carrot Oil is pretty much the same method as stated above. The only difference is you grate the actual carrot this time. Or you can still use the other method that involves heating. It also applies for carrots.

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HOW TO MAKE COLD PRESSED COCONUT OIL Mature Coconuts (3 coconuts makes just over 1/2 cup solid oil) A screwdriver/drill A hammer

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A tea towel One large bowl and 2 medium size bowls Small Sharp knife Vegetable peeler High speed blender 1 cup of non-chlorinated water for each coconut (leave water to stand for 24 hours for chlorine to evaporate) Natural Unbleached Cheesecloth Sieve Ladle Sterilized Pyrex dish Mesh strainer Empty sterilized glass jar to store your oil in

1) Begin by removing the water from your coconuts. The easiest way is to drill two holes at the top, slightly pointy end. Pour the coconut water into a bowl, but don’t discard, as we will use it later. 2) Once the water has been collected from all the coconuts, it’s time to crack open the shell. The safest way is to wrap the coconut in a tea towel. Then, using the hammer, strike the coconut with a heavy blow. It may take a few attempts, but eventually the coconut shell should crack, exposing the white mature meat. Repeat this process with all the coconuts. 3) Now you need to extract the flesh from the shell. You can use the tip of a clean sharp knife to run around the edges of the shell to free the meat. Once all the meat has been collected, using a vegetable peeler, peel the brown hard skin away. You will be left with the coconut water, the peelings and the coconut. Discard the peelings. They’re great for your compost! 4) Rinse your coconut using purified water. Now we need the blender. Blend the coconut water and coconut meat together, on very high speed, for a couple of minutes. We want the coconut pieces to be of very fine texture. 5) Remove the coconut from the blender and place in the large bowl. Add the non-chlorinated water to this bowl too. Using our hands, we need to squeeze the coconut flakes and water together, until the mixture looks very white and creamy. Continue mixing and squeezing for about 30 times. Then, leave to stand at room temperature for 3 hours. 6) After three hours, you’ll see that the cream has risen to the top. We need the cheesecloth, sieve and two bowls. Place a sieve on the larger bowl, and then the cheesecloth on top. We need ladle the coconut liquid mixture on to the cheesecloth, and squeeze to extract the liquid from the coconut. Once the liquid has been extracted, we empty the coconut flakes into our AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE

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other bowl. Repeat this process until all the liquid is one bowl and the coconut flakes are in another bowl. 7) We no longer require the coconut flakes; you can use it to make coconut macaroons or coconut flour. You can compost it too; it is highly nutritious for your soil. 8) Now we are left with just the liquid which we extracted from the coconut flakes. Place the water in a clean shallow container, such as a Pyrex dish. Cover this with some cling film. 9) If you live in a cool environment, where room temperature is below 70F or 21C, leave to stand at room temperature for 48 hours. Then put it in the fridge for three hours to overnight to solidify. But if you leave in a Hot Environment, you will have to do things a bit differently. Leave the dish at room temperature for 24 hours, and then put it in the fridge for the remaining 24 hours. 11) After it has been in the fridge, there will be a layer of solid white mass at the top. This is the oil. We need to carefully extract this from the remaining liquid. 12) You can use a mesh strainer to separate the solid oil from the liquid. Please view the above video to see how I extracted it. (There’s no speech in the video, so don’t worry if you can’t hear any audio) 13) You can discard the liquid, or you can continue the fermentation process to make your own coconut vinegar. Voila! Now you have your own virgin cold pressed coconut oil. You should keep it in the fridge. You can use the oil for cooking, just like you would normally use store brought VCO, or as a conditioning treatment for your hair.

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HOW TO MAKE MACERATED TURMERIC OIL

Peel a thumb-size chunk of turmeric and cut into small slices. Using a few drops of water, grind the chunk of turmeric to create a paste. On low heat, add the coconut oil to the pan. Add the turmeric paste and stir to combine for 3-5 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Squeeze oil through a piece of cheesecloth to eliminate any chunks. Using a funnel, pour the oil into your bottle.

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26.

CONCEPT OF EXFOLIATION

Exfoliation is a natural process of healthy skin, where the body sheds dead skin cells, allowing brand-new, fresh skin to be revealed beneath. Surface layers of skin naturally go through a near-constant process of shedding and renewal, but sometimes this can result in unevenness or may happen slower than we'd like. Skincare products can help speed up that process up, but what are the benefits of exfoliation for skin? Essentially, as we age, that process, often called cell-turnover, can sometimes start to slow down, allowing dead skin cells to build up, and eventually resulting in dullness, more visible wrinkles, and clogged and/or enlarged pores. When we speed up the process of cellturnover, we can help skin look younger, smoother, and brighter!

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TYPES OF EXFOLIATION: CHEMICAL AND MECHANICAL

There are two types of exfoliation used in skincare: chemical and mechanical. The goal of both types of exfoliation is to reveal new, fresh skin cells beneath the upper surface of the skin. The difference is in how they accomplish that goal. Chemical exfoliators are solutions that are slightly more acidic than the skin, allowing them to gently loosen dead skin cells from living ones. You can think of them as ingredients that loosen the “glue” between skin cells. Mechanical exfoliation, on the other hand, involves utilizing a slightly rough surface (like a washcloth, a face scrub, or a cleansing brush) or exfoliating substances (such as granules of salt, sugar, or even ground coffee) to slough off the top layer of skin.

Chemical Exfoliation: All About Acids

There are two major types of chemical exfoliators: alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs) and beta hydroxy acids (BHAs). Oily, acne-prone skin often responds best to BHAs like salicylic acid. AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE

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For combination skin, AHAs like glycolic or mandelic acid can be extremely effective, as their moisture-binding properties allow them to keep skin from becoming dehydrated. For sensitive skin, lactic acid - the gentlest AHA, is a good starting point.

Chemical Exfoliants For Blackheads And Acne

The battle against blackheads and acne can be a difficult one, particularly if your skin is prone to over-producing oil. Acid exfoliants can dive deeply into pores, loosening clogs and leaving behind a clearer, fresher appearance, while simultaneously helping to fight the bacteria that can cause acne. BHAs, in particular, can help reduce closed comedones - small bumps under the skin that haven’t yet erupted into inflamed acne. AHAs can also help fight acne, as they help increase cell turnover and healing rates. They can also exfoliate a little more gently than manual scrubs, which can abrade skin's surface and make it more vulnerable to breakouts.

Beta Hydroxy Acids: Benefits For Acne-Prone Skin

Beta hydroxy acids (BHAs) are a great place to start for treating oily, congested skin, and the most common one is salicylic acid. All BHAs work as chemical exfoliates, increase cell turnover and healing rates, and can help kill bad bacteria. They also have the ability to travel deeply into pores, helping to purge excess “gunk” and preventing acne at its source. Studies have shown that salicylic acid use greatly reduces the number and severity of acne blemishes. One major benefit of salicylic acid is its lipid-solubility, allowing it to cut through sebum and oil in the skin, unlike glycolic and lactic acids, which are water soluble. BHAs can be a bit drying, but the benefits can be immense for oily, clogged skin - just be sure to use a moisturizer.

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Alpha Hydroxy Acids: Benefits For Aging Skin Alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs) also operate as exfoliants; the most common ones are glycolic acid, mandelic acid, and lactic acid. All work to speed cell turnover (thus allowing skin to heal itself faster and reveal fresh, brand new skin beneath), while also having the added benefit of being moisturizing for drier and/or combination skin types due to their water-binding properties. Lactic acid is the gentlest AHA (due to its large molecular size, which doesn’t allow it to penetrate skin quite as deeply as some other acids), which makes it ideal for sensitive skin. Glycolic acid is perhaps the most common AHA, and has the ability to travel the most deeply into the layers of skin due to its small molecular size. AHAs have even been shown to help boost collagen production. leaving skin firmer and plumper. All can help reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, leaving users with a more youthful, revitalized appearance!

Mechanical Exfoliation: Benefits Of Scrubs & Tools Mechanical exfoliation involves the use of scrubs to physically dislodge and bough away dead skin cells and stimulate new cell turnover. This is usually achieved by the presence of the tiny abrasive materials called exfoliants present in the scrubs. While mechanical exfoliation can have many of the benefits for skin that chemical exfoliation does, you have to be careful about the tools you may choose to use. A gentle rotating brush or washcloth can be excellent choices, but many facial scrubs, especially those containing microbeads or particles with jagged edges, can cause tiny, invisible cuts in the skin, causing increased inflammation and a higher chance for infection. Make sure any scrubs you choose to use are gentle, and don’t contain sharp ingredients like ground nut shells or microbeads. When rubbing a scrub onto your face, use light pressure and go slowly. Where the skin is concerned, the gentler the tool the better!

The Many Benefits Of Exfoliation: The Bottom Line

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Chemical and mechanical exfoliants can have many fantastic skincare benefits; in fact, there are many people who feel their skincare routines would be incomplete without them. The Following are the many benefits of exfoliation to the skin.     

Avoids any skin infections and other skin concerns from developing Eliminates stubborn dead skin cells and flakes from the skin’s surface Helps reveal new skin under the dead skin cells and flakes Gives the skin a natural rosy and dewy glow Enhances your skin’s overall health and natural radiance Remember everyone’s skin is different, and it can take time to find a skincare routine or exfoliating product that will work best for you. Take your skin type into consideration, and make sure you purchase products that match your skincare goals. Whether you choose chemical or mechanical exfoliation, be gentle with your skin, and don’t expect dramatic results overnight. However, if you give your new products time to work, you’ll soon be surprised at how smooth, clear, and healthy your skin will look!

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*PH AND SKINCARE*

Potential hydrogen, or pH, refers to the acid-alkaline ratio of a substance, including the food you eat, the skincare products you use, or your skin itself. The pH scale ranges from 1 (most acidic) to 14 (most alkaline), with 7 is neutral. Our skin’s normal pH range is between 4.0 to 6.5, with 5.5 being the most optimum. Our skin is naturally a bit acidic as it serves as the body’s first defense mechanism against foreign elements. Acidity serves to keep allergens, bacteria, wind, and pollutants out while keeping moisture in. However, when our skin is at a high pH, our skin will not be happy in an alkaline environment as its barrier function is impaired, so it becomes dehydrated and lets irritants dive in to create inflammation. And also enzymes that break down collagen are activated at higher pH levels, so you age faster. To help keep skin’s pH from getting out of whack, you need to pay attention to the pH level of your skincare products.

*The Ph Of Skincare Product*

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It is best to formulate products with a pH that falls in the range of normal, healthy skin. This range is most often cited as being between pH 4 and pH 7.Certain products have pH numbers outside this range such as from using an AHA or BHA exfoliant with a pH of 3.6. Acidic products cause mild disruption in the skin’s pH, and this stimulates the skin to produce key substances that make the skin to look smooth, supple, and hydrated. On the other hand, using highly acidic (pH 2.5 or lower) or alkaline (pH 8 or higher) products cause a more significant disruption in skin’s pH, so it takes skin longer to get back to normal.

During this extra time, the skin is vulnerable to factors that can trigger breakouts, signs of eczema, redness, and sensitivity. That is why daily use of products with too high or low pH is causing visibly and progressively damages to the skin As a reference, during your formulation, it is great to achieve the pH ranges for each of these skincare product categories : – : pH 4.5 – 7 –7 – 3.9, with any reading between 3 and 4 considered most effective –7 –6 – 3.2 Ideally, making skincare that has a pH of around 4.5 to 5.5 works well with the skin’s pH. Measuring the pH is measuring the concentration of the hydrogen ions in a solution. The higher the concentration of these hydrogen ions, the lower the pH is and consequently, the lower the concentration of the hydrogen ions, the higher the pH is. Where there is no water, there are no hydrogen ions. You will need to check the pH of any product that contains water, such as toners, emulsions, shampoos, body washes and more. You cannot measure the pH of a nonaqueous product such as an oil blend or a balm. Even if you disperse your balm or oil in water, it is the pH of the water you are measuring and not the pH of the product. *Measuring The Ph*

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When you measure the pH of your cosmetic products such as creams, lotions, and shampoos, you need to dilute the product in distilled water, blend the mixture well and then measure the pH. Step 1. Take a sample Take a small sample of your product and transfer it into a clean, disinfected beaker. It is a good idea to prepare more products to have some extra for pH measurement. This means if you are planning to have a 50g jar of cream, make 60g as your total batch so you can have the extra for pH control. In the usual case, the sample you use for pH measurement is around 1g-5g only so not to waste your product. Step 2: Make a dilution PH is temperature dependent, wait until your sample reaches the room temperature and use room temperature water for your dilutions. Dilute your sample in distilled water, with a ratio of 1:9, e.g. product to water ratio is 10% and 90%, respectively. For example, if you have a 1g sample (10%), you will need to add 9g distilled water to it. Stir the dilution well. Step 3: Check the pH Although most modern pH-meters are equipped with a temperature sensor, if there are extreme temperature fluctuations in your country (icy cold in winter and hot in summer), you may even need to thermostat your samples for a few minutes before measurement. If you are using paper strips, dip it in the dilution and check the results using the chart on the packaging. If you are using a pH meter, dip it into the solution and keep it there till the reading stabilises. (Please also check the manufacturer’s recommendations.)

*Adjusting The Ph* When you measure the pH of the product, one of these 3 possibilities will be presented: – AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE

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Scenario 1: The pH of the product is exactly in the range that you want and in the range that your preservative system has the highest efficiency. Scenario 2: The pH of the product is higher than your desired range, and you need to reduce it. Scenario 3: The pH of the product is lower than your desired range, and you need to increase it For scenario 1, it is the perfect case, but it rarely happened, and this means you need not do a single thing. For the 2 other scenarios, you will need pH modifiers, ingredients that are added to adjust the pH of the cosmetic product. They are usually used in a very small percentage and added in the final steps of the formulation process. When the pH of the product is higher than your desired range, you will need to decrease the pH: – Citric acid Citric acid is usually sold as a powder (anhydrous or hydrated) or as a solution. Blend 10% citric powder into 90% distilled water. This means that you add 1g of citric acid powder to 9g distilled water. Lactic acid (solution) Although originally a powder, is commercially available as an 80% solution (this is the max. available concentration commercially available). It is much more expensive than citric acid, and in 80% concentration, it could be quite corrosive (handle with care, avoid contact with skin). Lactic acid can generally be purchased at an 80% strength, and you can then dilute it further with distilled water to make 40%, 25% or 10% solutions. Lactic acid is often used for its additional moisturizing benefits. **Do not use vinegar, lemon juice or household cleaners to reduce the pH When the pH of the product is lower than your desired range, you will need to increase the pH: – Sodium bicarbonate (Baking soda) – readily available and use Blend 10% Sodium bicarbonate into 90% distilled water. This means that you add 1g of pH modifier to 9g distilled water. Gentle heating may help with dispersion. Sodium hydroxide (NaOH) AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE

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Blend 10% Sodium hydroxide into 90% distilled water. This means that you add 1g of sodium hydroxide to 9g distilled water. ALWAYS add sodium hydroxide to the water not the other way around, or it will create strong fumes. L-Arginine Powder to be added to the water phase. L-Arginine is an essential or semi-essential amino acid necessary for protein synthesis. When you dilute it in water (10%), it has a pH between 10.5-12, and this is a suitable base to increase the pH of your cosmetic products as it is quite easy (and safe) to work with. Compared to NaOH and baking soda, using L-Arginine is the mildest way to increase the pH of your products.

For *300g* of Body Lotion, your *Water content calculation* will be:

*Distilled Water*: (45/100) X 300 = 135g *Rose water*: (10/100) X 300 = 30g *Aloe vera*: (10/100) X 300 = 30g *Lavender Hydrosol*: (10/100) X 300 = 30g So, with reference to this recipe, we can use *Emulsifier* between *3 to 6%* ... so I decided to choose *4%* So far we have determined the weight of: *Water* - *225* g *Emulsifier* - *12* g So, I need 12g of*Emulsifier* *(4/100) X 300 =12g*

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AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE Remember, you don't just go to the market to say ... " *I want to buy Emulsifier* " because there are different types of Emulsifiers but the most common type of Emulsifier found in the Nigerian beauty market is *E- wax* So you can say *I want to buy E-wax* ... that's the most common type in the Nigerian beauty market. *Next Ingredient Is Co emulsifier*. Apart from the fact that *Co emulsifier* helps to increase the thickness of your product, *Co emulsifier* also helps make your *lotion have a fine-glossy finish* *Co emulsifier*? According to this template, it is not a must to include co-emulsifier in your *lotion* but I usually advise you put at least *0.5 to 1%* So, I decided to use *1 %* of Co emulsifier(e.g. Cetyl Alcohol) Co emulsifier = (*1* /100) X 300 = *3g* *Next ingredient to calculate is:Emollients* i *Butter* (e.g. Shea Butter) = (6/100) X 300 = 18g ii *Carrier oils* = (*11* /100) x 300 = *33g* Your choice of carrier oils depend on what you want your lotion to achieve *Next ingredient is *Essential oils* = (*1* /100) X *300* = *3g* *Preservative* = (*1* /100) X *300* = *3g* Basically, your choice of *butters, carrier oils, essential oils and active ingredients* are influenced by what exactly you want your lotion/ cream or moisturizer to achieve. *Next ingredient is Antioxidant* (e.g. Vitamin E oil) = (*1* /100) X *300* = *3g* So here's the summary of all the percentage calculation of each *basic ingredient* *used to make our 300g body lotion*:

1. *Weight of Water*= (75/100) X 300 = 225 g

2. *Weight of Emulsifier* = (4/ 100) X 300 = 12g

3. *Co emulsifier/Thickener* (e.g. Cetyl Alcohol) = (1/100) X 300 = 3g

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4. *Emollients*: Butter and Carrier Oils

4. a. *Butter* (e.g. Shea Butter) = (6/100) X 300 = 18g b. *Carrier oils* = (11/100) x 300 = 33g

5. *Essential oils* = (1/100) X 300 = 3g

6. *Antioxidant* (e.g. Vitamin E oil) = (1/100) X 300 = 3g

7. *Preservative* = (1/100) X 300 = 3g That is: 75 +4+1+6+ 11+1 +1+ 1= *100%* That is *How to calculate Weight of each ingredient to be used in a Batch Size for Lotion, Cream or

Moisturizer* *Let's not rush, take your time. I decided to break it down step-wise because without a base you can't do anything* *Note*: All the *weight* must add up to *300* gram

29. *THE CONCEPT OF SKIN BRIGHTENING, LIGHTENING & WHITENING* 

Skin Glow Or Brightening: is not about taking your skin to lighter or whiter shades – instead, it’s all about transforming dull, tired, and sluggish-looking skin into fresh, glowing skin by increasing radiance and restoring vibrancy to the skin.

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Skin lightening;has to do with evening out skin tone by getting rid of dark spots caused by sun damage, acne scars, age spots and skin conditions like melasma.Restoring the skin back to its ‘original,’ pre-sun or light-exposed skin color.Lightening your skin to its original, natural skin color. When people use skin lightening products, the goal is normally to lighten the skin. With consistent use, it helps the skin lighten several shades and returns the dermis to a healthier color. Most of these products are made with chemical called tyrosinase inhibitors. This active ingredient stops an enzyme in the skin from producing melanin.

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Skin Whitening involves the use of stronger lightening agents on the skin to produce an intense whitening effect that is several shades lighter than your natural skin tone.

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*SKIN LIGHTENING/WHITENING AGENTS*

1. Kojic Acid Usually made as a by-product of malted rice – that’s used to make sake/rice wine, Kojic acid is an all-natural lightening and brightening skincare active. Kojic acid works to lighten and brighten your skin by making an enzyme necessary for melanin production unavailable i.e. the pigment which colors your skin.

2. Vitamin C Vitamin C is a much loved, multi-tasking skincare ingredient. Just look at this list of activities; 

Antioxidant

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Collagen builder

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Anti-aging active

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Lightens skin

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Skin brightening

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Builds skin’s strength

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Helps shield skin against pollution

Bottom line – vitamin C is a necessary skincare antioxidant. Since your skin naturally makes vitamin C it is therefore one of the safest skincare actives you could use. AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE

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3. Alpha-Arbutin Another natural skin lightening active. Alpha-arbutin’s made by Mother Nature and found in the leaves of the bearberry plant. Used in skincare at a 1 to 2% concentration alpha-arbutin can rival even the most effective skin brighteners. Similarly, to Kojic acid, alpha-arbutin works by inhibiting skin’s tyrosinase enzymes.

4. Niacinamide Enter the world of skincare and you won’t travel far before hearing about the wondrous activity of niacinamide. Also known as pro-vitamin B3, niacinamide is an antioxidant, sebum (oil) balancer, acne fighter, anti-inflammatory, ceramide booster and… a very effective skin lightening active. Niacinamide works even more effectively when paired with N-acetyl glucosamine.

5. Glutathione A potent antioxidant that can even be taken as a food supplement. Glutathione makes a fantastic partner to well-studied skin lightening ingredients like Kojic acid. While studies show glutathione is safe for use on skin, not so much is known about how well or how quickly glutathione can lighten skin. For this reason, be sure your choice of lightening skincare includes glutathione accompanied by one of the other skin lightening ingredients on this list.

6. Azelaic Acid Don’t let acid scare you, azelaic acid is the same pH level as your skin, 5.5pH which is also slightly acidic. Azelaic acid is most commonly known for its abilities to help calm rosacea – a chronic redness accompanied by irritation and scaling. However, azelaic acid is also an effective skin lightening ingredient. Used in skincare azelaic acid will not only help even your skin tone, it will also help keep your skin clear.

7. Liquorice Extract As a mixture of actives, liquorice extract contains many ingredients with skin lightening benefits. Some of these work traditionally by inhibiting tyrosinase activity whereas others also

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lighten skin but by other mechanisms. This make liquorice extract an attractive and very effective skincare ingredient for lightening and brightening.

8. Glycolic Acid Most people know glycolic acid works as a leave on exfoliant, most people don’t know glycolic acid can also help lighten skin. While many of the ingredients on this list work to inhibit melanin synthesis, glycolic acid works to lighten skin by removing melanin pigment faster. Glycolic acid skincare speeds up the natural turn-over of your skin cells aka the rate at which they exfoliate. Uneven exfoliation can cause an uneven skin tone, therefore glycolic acid can powerfully boost the results of direct acting skin lighteners like Kojic acid.

9. Linoleic Acid While you might not have heard about linoleic acid, you’ll have surely heard about natural plant oils which contain linoleic acid – rosehip oil, grapeseed oil and evening primrose oil. Linoleic acid can help speed up your skin cell turnover in the same way as glycolic acid with recent studies suggesting linoleic acid can also directly suppress melanin production. Another natural skincare active with noteworthy lightening and brightening abilities.

10. Kojic Dipalmitate Kojic Dipalmitate is an ester of Kojic acid offering superior stability. Kojic acid itself can be prone to instability with color changes occurring over time whereas Kojic dipalmitate retains its stability for longer. It is used as a skin whitening ingredient and to reduce the appearance of age spots.

11. Paper Mulberry Mulberry extract is an up and coming skin lightening active. Sources boast mulberry extract may even have better efficacy than the very controversial Hydroquinone. Named a superoxide scavenger, paper mulberry extract can also help protect skin against damaging free radicals i.e. pollution induced age spots

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*ALPHA HYDROXY ACIDS*

Alpha-Hydroxy Acids are water-soluble acids derived from fruits and plants. They’re considered a chemical exfoliant, which means that they use chemicals aka acids or enzymes to buff away dead skin cells. AHAs cause controlled trauma to the skin, leading to quicker cell turnover. That process will result in less hyperpigmentation and more even-toned skin AHAs offer almost instant gratification and they're suitable for someone who wants to "refresh" their skin. However, as with most skincare ingredients and especially exfoliants, AHAs have their downsides, including possible sun sensitivity, peeling and itching. Overall, this means that you'll need to use Sunscreen no matter the season or whether you're insideand working or Going out.

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AZELAIC ACID

Those with redness often fear harsh skin care ingredients like acids. There’s no need to be scared of azelaic acid. Imahiyerobo-Ip says that the acid can benefit those with redness, rosacea and acne. It’s also suitable for treating hyperpigmentation and melasma. 

CITRIC ACID

Citric acid is an alpha hydroxy acid (AHA) that is derived from citrus fruits, hence the name. It’s an antioxidant-rich acid that is good for preventing premature aging. Imahiyerobo-Ip adds that it’s also suitable for acne-prone or sun-damaged skin because it exfoliates to brighten brown spots. Concerned about it being harsh? Verallo-Rowell says that it’s mild and less acidic than the other AHAs. 

FERULIC ACID

Ferulic acid is an antioxidant that helps fight free radicals and the signs of aging. It’s typically used in combination with other actives like ascorbic acid, vitamin C or vitamin E. Those with sensitive skin should use it with caution. Ferulic acid is found in the seeds of oranges and apples and in the cell walls of plants like apples and oranges. When purchasing a product with the ingredient, try to see how much processing it has been through as too much can make the acid less effective.

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GLYCOLIC ACID

Glycolic acid is a versatile AHA that can help improve the appearance of spots, scars and wrinkles while making skin more radiant. Plus, it will shrink pores. Imahiyerobo-Ip says that it’s one of the best acids for aging skin. 

HYALURONIC ACID

Most people have probably heard of hyaluronic acid used in moisturizers. That’s because it’s a superb water-retaining hydrater, according to Verallo-Rowell. It’s ideal for aging skin as it improves the appearance of fine lines and softens and plumps skin. Imahiyerobo-Ip suggests looking for products that contain hyaluronic acid and vitamin C to help the product penetrate skin. 

LACTIC ACID

Lactic acid is a key ingredient to remember for sensitive skin types. The acid exfoliates and softens fine lines and wrinkles, but in a less irritating way than other acids says Imahiyerobo-Ip. 

MANDELIC ACID

Mandelic acid is ideal for brightening and lightening skin. According to Verallo-Rowell, the acid comes from grapes and has a fairly high acidity, but it’s less irritating than glycolic acid. It’s a common peel ingredient, so look for it in at-home and professional peels. 

OLEIC ACID

Those with dry skin will want oleic acid on their radar. It’s a moisturizing essential fatty acid that is found in animal and vegetable sources, such as olive oil. The acid has antioxidant and antiinflammatory properties that can help psoriasis, eczema and even seborrheic dermatitis (excessive scalp dandruff), according to Imahiyerobo-Ip.

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BETA HYDROXY ACIDS

Beta hydroxy acid works mainly as an exfoliant. It causes the cells of the epidermis (the outermost layer of the skin) to become "unglued," allowing the dead skin cells to slough off, making room for the regrowth of new skin. Beta hydroxy acid is reported to improve wrinkling, roughness, and mottled pigmentation of photodamaged skin after at least six months of daily application. Beta hydroxy acid that's found in skincare products works best in a concentration of 1% to 2% and at a pH of 3 to 4 AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE

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SALICYLIC ACID

Even those new to acids will probably have heard of salicylic acid. It’s a Beta hydroxy acid and the hero acid for those with acne-prone skin because it penetrates pores to reduce sebum. What’s more, it can remove discoloration and improve skin tone over time and can also be effective for treating rosacea. Verallo-Rowell points out that it’s the only beta hydroxy acid (BHA) and it’s not for those who are pregnant, breastfeeding or allergic to aspirin. Those with darker complexions should also watch out because it can sometimes cause irregular lightening or darkening of skin.

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ANTI OXIDANTS

Antioxidants are substances that help protect the skin’s surface from oxidative damage caused by free radicals and environmental aggressors like UV and pollution. Antioxidants are often found in skin care product formulas because of their powerful anti-aging benefits.

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VITAMIN C

A favorite among dermatologists, vitamin C is one of the most studied antioxidants available on the market. Other than being a free radical scavenger, vitamin C has other skin benefits, like boosting collagen production and fading dark spots. But beware, vitamin C is inherently unstable and can lose its potency when exposed to light or air.

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RETINOL (VITAMIN A)

If there’s one anti-aging ingredient that’s been proven time and time again to help turn back the clock on aging skin, it’s retinol. A derivative of vitamin A, this ingredient is particularly effective due to its small molecular structure, giving it the ability to penetrate deep enough into the skin that it can effectively stimulate collagen production and accelerate cell renewal and repair, smoothing fine lines and wrinkles and improving skin tone in the process.

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VITAMIN E

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Vitamin E is an important vitamin required for the proper function of many organs in the body, including the skin. Aside from being a powerful antioxidant, vitamin E is widely recognized for its ability to accelerate the skin’s healing process. No wonder it is often found in moisturizers, creams and lotions formulated to treat dry skin as well as products designed to reduce stretch marks.

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COENZYMEQ10

Ever wondered how you used to pull an all-nighter with no hint of fatigue on your skin the next day? Well, thanks to the abundant supply of coenzymeQ10 or coQ10 in your body, those late nights didn’t take a toll on your skin—back then that is. But as we age, the presence of coenzymeQ10, also known as ubiquinone, in our body slowly diminishes, making us more susceptible to wrinkles and photo-aging.

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NIACINAMIDE (VITAMIN B3)

A well-functioning epidermis is essential to protect us from free radicals. The more our epidermal lipid barrier is stabilized, the more it can fully absorb the vitamins and nutrients from our skin care products and achieve optimal results. However, as we age, our skin’s ability to heal and retain moisture weakens, leaving us prone to wrinkles, fine lines, hyperpigmentation and dullness.

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GLUTATHIONE

Glutathione is a powerful antioxidant that aids in cell repair and protection of vital organs like liver, kidney, brain and the skin. One of its wide-known side effects is its antimelanogenic property that causes skin whitening. This “mother of all antioxidants” helps detoxify the skin and reduces the appearance of wrinkles, giving you smoother, suppler skin. Research also shows that when taken orally, glutathione can help combat liver disease.

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RESVERATROL

A chemical compound found mostly in the skins of fruits like grapes and berries, peanuts, tea and red wine, resveratrol serves as the plant’s defensive armor. It’s an antimicrobial substance

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produced by plants to protect themselves from air pollution, infection, intense UV radiation and extreme climate changes.

34. *GLOW LIGHTENING/ BRIGHTENING INGREDIENTS AND RECOMMENDED PERCENTAGE IN USAGE* A. Do not use more than 5-15 of the following ingredients in your Formulation: ▪ Kojic dipaltimate ▪ Kojic acid ▪ Snowwhite ▪ Skinwhite MSH ▪ Gluthatione ▪ Gigawhite ▪ Sepi white ▪ Symwhite

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▪ Rice powder ▪ Tamarind ▪ Lemon oil ▪ Orange oil

C. Do not use more than 5 to10% of the following ingredients in your Formulation: Licorice Mulberry Bearberry Vitamin B3 Vitamin A Vitamin C

D Do not use more than 1 to 2% of the following ingredients in your formulation: Lactic acid Alpha arbutin Salicylic acid Citric acid Glycolic acid

E. Lycophene Allantoin (maximum of 0.5%)

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Collagen Snail extract Aloe vera oil Schenics oil Rescue oil

*Precautions* • Do not use vitamin A with glycolic acid

SERUMS This is optional and will help boost the effect of your lightening products. They should be used at a maximum of 25% in any of your products. Herbal whitening ampoules Gluthatione serum Kojic acid serum Alpha arbutin serum AHA serum Sepi white serum Gluthatione + VitaminC serum Dr Susan ampoules Vampire serum 42 Hours serum Etc.

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35.

*THE CONCEPT OF PRESERVATIVES*

*THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVATIVES ARE TO PROTECT YOU* from bacteria, fungus, and yeast. Without a preservative, you run the risk of introducing all sorts of nasty infections to your body.In short, preservatives are a MUST for water-containing products because they are prone to contamination as water provides the ideal conditions for bacterial and fungal growth. Anhydrous products such as body butters (contains no water) are prone to oxidation and usually require an antioxidant, i.e. Vitamin E.Formulations contain water, clay, honey, and fruits, are most likely to spoil very quickly and thus require a strong preservative system to ensure their stability and safety over their desired shelf life. Applying 1-2% preservative helps to prevent contamination, using a preservative is a necessity. A preservative system should be broad spectrum, meaning that it should protect your formula from the microbial growth of both gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, yeast and mould. Preservatives are needed in any product that has water in it to prevent bacteria and mould from growing in it. Many people like their products and soaps to be all-natural, but sometimes there just isn’t a way to make everything 100% natural.

*Some Of The Preservatives Are:-*   

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Germaben – Germaben is a great preservative to use when you are making lotions, as it helps to keep them nice and creamy. Optiphen – Optiphen is a paraben and formaldehyde-free preservative. It is best to use in your oil-based recipes like shampoos, conditioners, and some lotions. Optiphen ND– Optiphen ND is a water-soluble, broad spectrum preservative. This preservative works best in surfactant based systems, shampoos, conditioners, gels, creams, and lotions. Phenonip – Phenonip is a liquid preservative that helps to suppress the full range of microbial growth in your cremes, lotions, salt scrubs, dusting powders and liquid soap bases. When making products at a higher temperature, this is going to be the preservative you are going to want to use. Optiphen Plus – Optiphen Plus is a water-soluble, paraben- and formaldehyde-free preservative. You can use Optiphen Plus in any recipe you are using water in and it helps to protect against bacteria, mold growth and even yeast!

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36. *STEP BY STEP PROCEDURE FOR MAKING EMULSION (LOTION OR CREAM)* 1. Measure out all Ingredient Based on their values with your digital scale 2. Gently Pre-melt butter using double boiler/ water bath or in oven- Ensure not to *overheat or cook* your butter 3. Mix all oil soluble ingredients together- i.e. *butters, carrier oils, co emulsifier and emulsifier* 4. Using double boiler or water bath method, heat your water phase to a temperature of about *70ºC*. 5. At the same time, using double boiler or water bath method, heat your oil soluble ingredients to a temperature of about *70ºC*.The above steps of heating both water and oil phases to a temperature of about 70 degrees Celsius, is a very important step in cream and lotion making. It helps to kill germs in water and also, allows the oils and water blend well.So, when making creams or lotions, you need ensure that both *water and oil phases* are at the same temperature of about *70 degrees Celsius. *Always check with your thermometer* 6. Bring down from heat and mix the both oil and water phases together and stir using a stick blender. 7. Cool the mixture (emulsion) in a cold water bath or preferably you may just allow it to air cool and keep stirring while cooling down. As the emulsion cools down you will notice it will begin to thicken. 8. Once the emulsion is cooled down to a temperature (below 40ºC), you may add the cooling phase ingredients, which are the *essential oils and preservatives and mix well*. *Active ingredients or actives or High performance ingredients* can also be added but at temperature below 35 degrees.*Note*: If you want to add active (e.g. lightening powders), you need to know if your powders are *water or oil soluble*. If they are water soluble, first pre mix in *lukewarm* water or ethanol before mixing in to the base cream. If they are oil soluble (e.g Kojic Dip), first pre-mix with lukewarm oil before mixing in to the base cream. This step is done at a temperature below or around 40 degrees Celsius, so as to keep the potency of your *Active or High Performance Ingredients* AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE

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9. Package your cream or lotion into a *sanitized airtight* container (*tube, pump bottle or jar*). If you can't make your base cream, there are other ready lotions you can use as base cream. Namely: Abonne lotion, Yuri white lotion, Over white lotion, Make me white lotion, Papaya whitening lotion, Or better still get organic base creams from organic sellers. They have for all types of cream you may need be it *Normal Base Cream, Lightening Base Cream and Whitening Base Cream*

37.

*BODY BUTTERS*

Body butters are skincare moisturizers that have *higher concentration of butters such as shea butter, cocoa butter or mango butter and also contains other vegetable based oils too* Body Butter is most notable for being thicker than body lotions and moisturizers which is why you’re more likely to find body butters in a jar than a bottle so you can easily scoop out your desired amount of body cream. Body butters are also known to be more effective at nourishing and rejuvenating dry skin or problem patches, such as elbows and knees. Shea butter and organic coconut oil are two ingredients known for their hydrating and moisturizing properties making them a must-have component in any body butter. Body butters are basically made up of *oil soluble* ingredients such as:    

*Butters*: 70% *Carrier oils* : 28% *Essential oils* : 1% *Antioxidant*: 1%

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*STEPS FOR MAKING BODY BUTTER*

1. Combine Butters and Carrier oils and melt in a double boiler (or using water bathe method).

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This may damage the property of the butters and oils. Also, to avoid *grainy body butters*, it is important not to *over heat*. You can check with your thermometer, for most butters, heating up to 60 degrees may be too much. 2. After, allow your pre melted butter and oil to cool down to about 35 degrees Celsius, then add *essential oil and antioxidant*. At this point, you may start whipping with an *electric whisk*. Whip for about *10 to 15 minutes* 3. Allow the mixture to cool for about 10 minutes until it starts to solidify; you may put in fridge again to speed up cooling. 4. After it solidifies (a bit) due to cooling in fridge, whip with an electric whisk again. If it gets *too soft or turn liquid* during whipping, cool down some more in fridge. If you're putting in fridge, 2 to 3mins is ok to avoid been too solid 5. Pack into desired packaging. Jars are better for ease of dispense

*CHOCOLATE BODY BUTTER*     

50% organic cocoa butter 20% Shea butter 28% Sweet Almond oil 2% cocoa powder 1% Vitamin E oil

EBONY BODY BUTTER    

1 Cup Cocoa Butter 4 Cup Coconut Oil 2 Tbsp Cocoa Powder 4 Tsp Vit E (Or 1 Capsule)

BROWN SKIN GLOWING BUTTER AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE

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1/2 Cup Cocoa Butter 1/2 Cup Coconut Oil 2 Tablespoons Cocoa Powder 2tsp white licorice 2tsp niacinamide 1/4 Teaspoon (or 1 capsule) Vitamin E

*DRY SKIN BODY BUTTER*         

35% Shea butter 25% Avocado butter 10% Coconut oil 9% Glycerine 5% Argan Oil 5% Castor oil 5% Jojoba oil 5% Hempseed oil 1% Lavender essential oil

*SKIN REPAIR BODY BUTTER* This body butter helps with stretch marks, Scars and heals the skin.          

40% Cocoa butter 25% Shea butter 8% Snail oil or serum 5% emu oil 5% Argan oil 5% Sweet almond oil 5% Rosehip oil 5% Python fat 1% Vitamin E oil 1% Frankincense oil

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*LIGHTENING BODY BUTTER*          

23% Mango butter 25% Shea butter 3.5% Turmeric oil 5% Papaya oil 2.3% Neem oil 3% Sandalwood oil 8% Licorice Extract Powder 5% Kojic Dipalmitate Acid 5% Mulberry 1.7% Sweet orange essential oil

*GLOW BODY BUTTER*   

40% Shea butter 30% mango butter 29% turmeric macerated in organic, cold pressed Coconut Oil

*KIDS BODY BUTTER*     

70% Shea butter 27% Coconut oil 1.5% Neem oil 1% Vitamin e oil 0.5% Chamomile essential oil

*HOW TO MAKE A BAR SOAP BASE (SAPONIFICATION)* 

Lye (Sodium Hydroxide) 100%

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Water 22.5% Almond Oil 6% Olive Oil 6% Shea Butter 22% Castor Oil 5% Coconut Oil 20% Fragrance or Essential Oils 6%

*Note: Total Oil Quantity is 63.5%*

*Tools Required*       

Safety Gear Measuring Scale 2 Bowls Spatula Two thermometers (optional) Stick blender Soap molds

*For Bar Soap of 500g* *Heated Water Phase (100 degree Fahrenheit)* Lye 50g Water 112.5g

*Heated Oil Phase (100 degree Fahrenheit)* Almond Oil 30g Olive Oil 42.5g AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE

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Sheabutter 110g Castor Oil 25g Coconut Oil 100g Total Oil Quantity is 307.5g

*Cool down phase (30 degrees Fahrenheit)* Fragrance or Essential Oils 30g You may be confused as to what we mean by heated water phase and cool water phase. Don’t panic because I will explain in beginner Language. Cold process soap making involves the mixing of lye and oils at the same temperature of Say 90 to 110 degree Fahrenheit. It means you have to get your Lye water and oil mixture to the said temperature. They can be 10 degree Fahrenheit different from each other. It’s allowed, as long as it doesn’t exceed this. This is when they can now be combined. Now lye is a very corrosive material. You have to be extremely careful when handling lye. You pour it into the water and not the other way round and you need to do this while facing away because it produces fumes which you should not breathe in. Also mix your lye and water in a stainless material because lye can cause other materials to break.

*Procedure* 1. Pour the water in a stainless bowl. 2. Pour your lye slowly into water (Never the other way round. This is corrosive and can burn skin. Best to be done outside). Stir carefully and allow to cool. 3. Combine and Heat your oils in a microwave or any low heat to about 120 degree fah. 4. Your lye solution too will be about 120 degrees Fah(Use a thermometer to Check). 5. Allow both of them to cool to about 100 Fah 6. Please if you do not have a thermometer, you can also use the hotness from your lye and water solution to melt your oils, instead of heating the oils. Skip step 7 and move to 8 if you're using this method. AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE

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7. Pour the oil in a bigger bowl and slowly add your lye solution. 8. Stir it for 10mins non-stop. 9. After 10mins, use a stick blender to mix it's thickness. 10. When it has thickened to an extent, add essential oils or fragrance. Then pour into your desired soap mold.11. Cover this soap mold with a plastic wrap, then towel. 12. After 24hrs check your soap. 13. If it's still soft, wait for another 12 hours. 14. When it's hard, remove from the mold and place them on a board or flat surface. 15. Allow the soap to cure for another 4weeks before using or selling.

*Curing is allowing your soap stay for 4 weeks before using. The longer a soap is left to cure the harder the bar becomes and hence the Longer the soap will last. You will store the soap base above and use it to create other soap recipes like the ones below.*

*BABY BAR SOAP*       

70% Grated base (Grated base is a soap base) 15% Coconut oil 6% Oats powder 5% Shea butter 1% Vit. E 2% Lavender oil 1% Optiphen plus

*LIGHTENING BAR SOAP*    

60% Grated base 10% Licorice powder 10% Alpha Arbutin 7% Glutathione

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5% Mulberry Extract 5% carrot seed oil 1% Vitamin E Oil 2% lemon oil

*WHITENING

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BAR SOAP*

65% Grated base 10% Sepi white powder 7% White Mulberry 5% Alpha Arbutin 5% sandalwood powder 4% Carrot oil 2% AHA Serum 1% Vitamin E Oil 1% Optiphen plus

*PEELING BAR SOAP*     

1 grated soap base 2tbsp Lactic Acid 2tbsp Glycolic Acid 1tbsp Malic Acid 10 drops Vitamin E Oil

SKIN REPAIR BAR SOAP     

1 grated Soap Base 2tbsp Egg Yolk Powder 2tbsp Sea Buckthorn Oil 1tbsp Honey 1tsp preservatives

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MELT AND POUR SOAPS These soaps are soaps made by melting down a soap base, or other readymade soap, adding more ingredients to it according to what you want it to do and pouring it into a soap mould to harden. No need to cure for 4 weeks.

*Procedure For Making Melt & Pour Soaps* 1. Grate your soap base. 2. Melt it on a double boiler (That is putting your soap in a glass bowl and melting it over boiling water or use a microwave). 3. Incorporate your other ingredients and mix thoroughly and quickly. 4. Pour into soap mold and Leave to harden for 30 to 60 minutes. You can make the following Soaps using this method.

HONEY AND GOAT MILK SOAP    

Goat milk Soap Base Organic Raw honey Silicone mould Yellow and red soap Colourant

OAT MEAL AND GOAT MILK SOAP    

½ pound Goat milk Soap base 2tbsp Honey 2tbsp and 1tsp Quick Oats Soap mould

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COFFEE AND GOAT MILK SOAP   

Goat milk soap base Coffee Grounds Soap Moulds

*You can choose to add other ingredients to the above recipes depending on what you want the soap to achieve.*

*HOW TO MAKE SHOWER GEL SOAP BASE*     

26.2% Oils of your choice 5% Potassium Hydroxide 8.8% Distilled Water 5% Fragrance or Essential Oils 45% Distilled Water

*Formula in Grams (500g)* *Oil Phase* 131g Oils of your choice

*Water Phase* 25g Potassium Hydroxide 44g Distilled Water

*Cool Down Phase* 25g Fragrance or Essential Oils of choice

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*Tools Required*     

2 stainless steel pot or Crock pot (No aluminum) Spatula Bowl Measuring cups Scale

*Procedure* 1. Pour the potassium hydroxide into the water in a bowl and stir gently. -Set aside to cool down. 2. Pour your oil or oils into a crock pot. If you don't have a Crock-Pot, use a normal pot but not aluminum. Allow the oils heat up in the pot on very low heat. 3. Gently pour the potassium hydroxide solution into the oils. Heat helps to emulsify the caustic solution with oils, so you don't need to let your solution cool down. 4. As soon as the oils are all melted and the solution turns clear, you can mix. 5. Stick blend till you get a pap-like thickness consistency. Keep your pot on high heat after blending well. Heat helps, but do not burn your soap. 6. Come back after 10mins and stick blend again. It would have gotten the pap-like consistency by now. But if you're still not there, leave for 10minutes and come back again to check. You'll get there eventually. Don't stress, because it will all come together. It takes time sometimes. 7. Cover the pot and let it cook for about 30minutes. Don't stir, the soap will get puffy and rise a bit. Some of it will turn translucent.

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8. After 30mins stir very well. Let it cook for another hour or so until most of the soap has turned translucent. This helps to not sit, because then you can see which soap has turned translucent and which hasn't. 9. Boil the cool down phase water in another pot and then Spoon your paste (the lye solution and oil mixture that you were cooking) into your boiling water. 10. Turn off the heat and cover it to dilute. It will take several hours for that. You can stir it occasionally. It takes time for the liquid soap paste to absorb all of the water. Once it's diluted you can add your fragrance or essential oils.

*Add ingredients to the shower base above to make the following shower Gels*

*KIDS SHOWER GEL*      

100ml Base 9g Carrot powder 10g Neem powder 10g Oatmeal powder 20g Tetraptera Extract 1ml Lactic Acid

*WHITENING SHOWER GEL*        

100ml base 20g White mulberry extract 10g Papaya seed Powder 8g Giga White Powder 5g Gluthathione powder 5g Alpha Arbutin Powder 1ml Glycolic Acid 10 drops Sandalwood Essential Oil

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*LIGHTENING SHOWER GEL*      

100ml ofp any kojic acid gel Base 30ml Pineapple or Papaya Juice (Any Fruit extract of your choice can be used) 15g Licorice Extract 10g Kojic acid powder 4g Azelaic acid 1ml lactic acid

*Simply incorporate all your other ingredients into your base and stick blend*

*LIGHTENING BODY LOTION*        

60% Base Cream 10% Papaya Infused Oil 10% Hibiscus Oil 6% Mulberry Extract 5% Niacinamide 5% Kojic Dipalmitate 3% Vitamin E Oil 1% Sandalwood Essential Oil

*WHITENING BODY LOTION*         

60% Base cream 12% Infused Oil 10% Herbal whitening ampoule or whitening Oil of your choice 5% Licorice powder 5% Gigawhite powder 2% Alpha arbutin powder 2% Sepiwhite powder 2% Collagen extract 1% Lactic Acid

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1% Essential Oil

KIDS BODY LOTION      

60% Base Cream 12% Neem oil 8% Vegetable Glycerin 8% Castor oil 6% Carrot Oil 6% Chamomile Infused Oil

*SUPER HALFCAST LOTION (ASIAN WHITENING)*

Original Easy white cream 3 Castle brightening Cream 4 Labamakroise Cream 4 5

Ladakroise Shea Butter Table spoon Of Bio eclat Glycerine

5 Table spoon of Kojic Acid Ser

original easy white cream 3 castle brightening cream 4 labamakroise cream 4 ladakroise shea butter 5 table spoon of bio eclat roise glycerin 1 table spoon of kojic acid serum 1 table spoon of belly face oil 2 table spoon kojic acid powder 2 table spoon of omic tube cream 5 table spoon arbutin powder 5 table spoon of latic acid ¾ table spoon of ami clear oil 1 table spoon carovate oil AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE

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2 table spoon citric acid 1 table spoon arbutin serum 1 table spoon clear magic serum 1 table spoon white magic serum 1 tea spoon organic vitamin E 2 table spoon of mulberry 2 table spoon of anti stretch mark body and ampoules 4 table spoon of kamana milk

Directions Dissolve all your powder with glycerine in a bowl and set aside. Add all your tube cream in another bowl and mix properly separately. Add your easy white cream. Add all your oil and ampoules together in another separate bowl and add your milk. Add all together and mix properly with your hand mixer to give you a creamy texture. That’s your super half cast lotion

*SUPER HALFCAST OIL:* 50ml grape seed oil 1 white magic oil 1 amos white serum 1 alpha arbutin serum ½ egyptian talking oil 30ml liquid gold tissue oil

Directions Mix all these together with hand mixer. That’s your Super half cast oil NOTE: Grape seed oil is organic oil, which serves as moisturizer, and then gold tissue oil helps prevent scars and green vein while using lightening cream and oil. It can be used alone or mixed with the cream, if you want to use it alone use it at night after taking your bath AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE

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SUPER HALFCAST CLEANSER 1 orange melie white cleanser 1 orange peau de lune cleanser Pitch of camphor

Directions Mix together and add a pitch of camphor. NOTE: The orange melie white cleanser is cotonou cleanser found in a fancy jar. This face cleanser is used at night before taking your bath, it whitens d face, removes spots and clear pimples as well

SUPER HALFCAST SCRUB ½ maine beach whitening scrub 4 table spoon of arbutin powder 2 table spoon of kojic serum 2 table spoon of mulberry extract 2 table spoon of licorice powder 1 table spoon of carrot powder 1 table spoon of alum powder Drops of vitamin E

Directions Mix all together properly. NOTE: Constant use of this halfcast scrub gives you fairer skin. It is used first before using d cream, it removes dead cells from the skin thereby allowing the cream to penetrate. It should be used once in a week

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SUPER HALFCAST FACE CREAM 2 extreme white face cream 1 original epiderm cream 2 gluta white magic face cream 2 feah whitening cream Little grape seed oil (as desire) 1 table spoon arbutin powder DIRECTIONS Mix all together. That’s your super halfcast face cream. The gluta white, you can add it in your face cream if you want because it lighten the face and keep it smooth. It should be used day n night; it gives a fresh, smooth, glowing white skin

SUPER HALFCAST FACIAL WASH YC whitening gold caviar face wash 2 table spoon liquid castile soap 1 table spoon of arbutin powder *DIRECTIONS* Mix all together. That’s your super halfcast facial wash NOTE: It is used for face alone; it whitens the face thereby making the face to have the same colour with the other parts of the body

SUPER HALFCAST SHOWER GEL:

1 white care body shampoo or magic portion shower gel (5days). 5 DOP shampoo. 4 betasol solution. 5 amos white gel tube. 1 charm stretch mark water. 200ml of tough peroxide. 4 42hours lotion tonique. 5 table spoon bleaching powder (for soap). AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE

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DIRECTIONS

Mix all together gradually. That’s your super halfcaste body wash. NOTE: To have a fast result, use the cream and the lotion together. It should be used to bath during the day it whitens d body very well. Always scrub once or twice in a week because it makes your cream work faster

PAPAYA WHITENING LOTION        

2 miracle derm tube cream 10ml papaya extract 1 kojie san serum 1 Papaya whitening lotion 1 tea spoon whitening glycerin 2 table spoon snow white powder 1 tea spoon ascorbic acid 2 tablespoon Sepi white powder

EGYPTIAN WHITENING BODY MILK             

1 pure Egyptian lotion 1 DrJames Milk Whitening cream 50ml Raw Egyptian milk Half bottle skinfree milk 50g of arbutin powder 2 1minute oil 1 Piment doux serum 1 Egg York serum 40ml of Rose water 50ml of sweet almond oil Preservatives Ylang ylang EO Mandarine EO

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EGYPTIAN WHITENING BODY WASH The castille soap is the base. You can use any whitening shower gel as your base also. Add the following ingredients to your base.               

Castile soap 500ml Egyptian Milk 150ml Snow White Powder 20g Sepi White Powder 20g Licorice Powder 20g Whitening Kenacol 4tbsp Crude Kenacol 2tbsp Lactic Acid (liquid) 2tbsp Pure Kojic Serum 50ml Miracle Powder pinch Nature secret Serum 50ml Gluthathione comprime 1bottle Preservative 2tbsp Fragrance Coloring

NIGHT WHITENING FACE CREAM        

Nature white face cream 4 pieces Jra facecream 2 Grace duo face cream 3 pieces Amos white sunblock with vitamin C 2 pieces Rosehip oil or Argan oil 3 tbsp Acneaway cream 2 pieces Vitamin E oil 1tsp Lavender oil as you desire

HALF CASTE LOTION

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Egyptian milk kamana-500ml. Tough peroxide 100ml Rose whitening powder and solution(use one set) Filipinoset (use1set). Extremebleaching oil.100ml. StyleClaireoil.2bottles. Carrot Essential oil 10drops.

HALF CASTE WHITENING CREAM Yuri white or any Thailand lotion-1 bottle Beauty Series- Half bottle RWT Serum-Half bottle Toujour whitening serum-Half bottle Miracle powder-1 tbsp Snow white powder-1 tbsp Symwhite powder-1 tbsp Alpha Arbutin Powder-1 tbsp Gluthathione powder-1 tbsp Lemon oil-1 tbsp Neem oil-1 tbsp Witch hazel-100ml Chamomile water-100ml.

Warm the floral waters and pour in your powders. Mix well. In your lotion, pour in the powders mixture and add the remaining oils. Shake well before use

SNOW WHITE SOAP       

Any white bar soap - make sure it's a whitening soap-6Whitenizer-200ml Bleaching powder type 2 -30grams Nature secret oil-1 Tawas snow white -1 Kojic acid powder -100 g Herbal charm water -100ml

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Coconut oil -60ml Aha oil -100ml Skin free milk-half Santarde lotion -2(leg) Shenic stage 1 - 1 bottle Glycolic acid - 2tsp Lactic acid -2 tsp 42 heures serum-1 Whitening Glycerin-50ml Preservative-20ml

LIGHTENING FACE CREAM      

Grace duo face cream 1 Feah treatment tube 1 Gluta C lemon serum Applevet 1 Vit E oil 3 drops Gluta Bereau de Coco

CLEAR FACE CREAM           

1 Goji berry face cream 1 clincap tube gel 1 3beta cream 2 carotone black spot corrector 2 Amos white sunblock cream with vitamin C Kojic clear tube Rapid white serum Collagen Xtra white 1tsp of hemp seed oil 30 drops of patchouli EO

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20 drops of chamomile EO

Mix all together n apply directly on spots or sun affected areas

DARK SPOT SERUM    

Baby oil 50ml Aloe vera gel 20ml Whitening glycerin 10ml HQ oil 20ml

Mix together in a bowl, when the spot clears, pls discontinue as it is a treatment oil.You can use any baby oil of your choice, as it is suitable for all skin types and free from harsh chemicals.

LUMINOUS LIGHTENING BODY MILK           

1 Egyptian magic lotion (gold) 1 Arbutin lotion 1 collagen extra forte (yellow or white) 2 Amos white tube 1 disaar sunblock 50 1 Gluta C concentre serum 15ml rose oil 15ml veet gold multivitamin oil 20ml bio eclat glycerine (lemon) 30ml Bio oil Preservatives

LUMINOUS LIGHTENING FACE CREAM 

Grace duo face cream 1

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Feah treatment tube 1 Gluta C lemon serum Applevet 1 Vit E oil 3 drops Gluta Bereau de Coco

MAGIC BUTTER         

Sheabuter 500grams Cocoabuter 300grams Mangobuter 300grams Jojoba oil 100grams Skin free milk 2 Amiee Claire carrot oil 1 Collagen extra fort 1 7days dark spot corrector 3 Msh white powder 100gram

Melt the butters starting from the hard butter, to soft butters. When it is melted add jojoba oil and keep in the fridge to harden, bring it out and whip. Meanwhile mix your whitening powder, and set aside, pour all ur serum together and set aside, whip the butter with electric whisker. Add your mixed powder and serum to it mix till it’s fluffy.

EZCEMA CREAM     

½ cup pure shea butter ½ cup coconut oil 1 tablespoon honey 40 drops lavender essential oil 5-10 drops tea tree essential oil

Using a double boiler or similar setup melt down the shea butter and coconut oil until they’re combined. Next, add the honey and allow it to melt. When everything is in a liquid state, add the lavender and tea tree oils and stir to combine.

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Allow your mixture to cool slightly so that it will begin to solidify. When your solution has thickened up, but is still liquid, go ahead and give it the first round of mixing. Mix for several minutes until the color has lightened and the solution has a frothy appearance. As the solution solidifies, mix every ten minutes untill fluffy Mix one more time and transfer to a jar

HOT CHOCOLATE BODY BUTTER       

1/2 cup of organic cocoa butter 1/2 cup of mango butter 1/2 cup of coconut oil 1/2 cup of jojoba oil 1-2 teaspoons of peppermint essential oil 2 teaspoons of vitamin E 2 teaspoons of pure cocoa powder

Prepare an ice bath by filling a large bowl with ice and put a small bowl inside. Inside the smaller bowl (the bowl should be able to take 4 to 5 cups of liquid). Using a double boiler, melt the cocoa butter and mango butter over a low heat. Add coconut oil and melt until completely melted. Remove cocoa butter / coconut oil from heat. Measure 5 teaspoons of cocoa powder into a small bowl and gradually add 2 table spoons of jojoba oil/olive oil and mix. Then add it to the cocoa butter / coconut oil mixture and mix properly. Place the mixture into the chilled bowl (it should be resting over the ice or placed inside the fridge). Remove from the ice and stir it until stiff paste is formed (if after few minutes it is still not thick to the way you want then put it back on the ice and whip/stir it while the bowl in in the ice. Then bring it down and allow it to cool then pour it into containers

ARABIAN WHITENING BODY WASH   

1 Extra whitening Iman wash 6 Amos White Gel 6 betasol oil

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6 dop shampoo 3 tbspn Kojic acid powder Mix all ingredients together 3 tbspn Mulberry powder 1 tsp Tumeric powder

NATURAL SUNSCREEN     

1tsp Aloe Vera oil 1tsp Zinc oxide 2tsp coconut oil 2tsp Shea butter 5 drops lavender essential oil

Add everything in a bowl except lavender essential oil, melt on a top of a double boiler, bring it down after melting and allow it to cool. Add 5 drops lavender essential oil and mix

ROSE FACE CREAM. OIL PHASE.     

6g of emulsifying wax 3g of cetyl alcohol 10g macadamia oil 5g avocado oil 59 rosehip oil

WATER PHASE  

66g of water 2.5g glycerine.

COOLING PHASE. 

0.5g vitamin E oil

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0.5g (10drops) lavender essential oil 0.5g(10drops)Frankicense oil. 1g (drops) Preservative Optiphen.

METHOD. Place the oil phase ingredients in a double boiler and allow ingredients to melt bringing the Temperature to 65 -75c. Boil the kettle water and pour the appropriate amount of water over the glycerine this form your water phase. Check that both oil phase and water phase are the same temperature around 65-75oc. Slowly add the water phase to the oil phase, whisk gently all the time, be careful not to Introduce to many air bubbles keep stirring for a couple of minutes. Place the bowl containing the cream over a second bowl of cold water continue to stir as it cools It will start to thicken. Add the preservative and other cooling phase ingredients and mix well. Pour into your container. This should keep for 12months with preservative without Preservative for 1week, store in the fridge.

LEMONGRASS SHOWER SCRUB BAR       

55g cocoa butter 15g shea butter 15g vegetable oil of your choice (sunflower, peach kernel, fractionated coconut oil etc) 14g beeswax 1g Lemongrass essential oil (or essential oil of your choice) 100g coarse sea salt or epsom salt (you could replace this with sugar if you wish) Silicone ice cube tray

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1. Weigh the butters, wax and vegetable oil. 2. Melt together gently in a bain marie (also known as a water bath or double boiler). 3. Once melted remove from the heat. 4. Mix together with salt and essential oil and spoon into a silicone ice cube. 5. Place the ice cube tray in the fridge or freezer and allow the bars to set. To use Take one into the shower and gently rub onto the body in circular motions and rinse off. Emerge with silky soft skin!

ANTI-AGING FACE CREAM       

¼ cup almond oil 2 tablespoons coconut oil 2 tablespoons beeswax ½ teaspoon vitamin E oil 1 tablespoon shea butter Hyaluronic acid gel or serum

In a double boiler method, let the ingredients sit and melt. Stir occasionally. Once the mixture has melted and all is evenly combined, pour it into a small glass jar and whisk thoroughly then add your essential oil, Let it sit at room temperature until the cream hardens, close the jar’s lid, and store in a cool place. Apply morning and night after washing. Very good for elderly women

BLEACHED SKIN TREATMENT CREAM  

1Bravia baba de caracol 5ml vit E oil

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2 spoons vegetable glycerin 2 spoons Shea butter 1 miracle powder 2 tbsp Sesame oil

DIRECTION Mix all ingredients together and that’s your bleached skin treatment cream. The oil and cream should be used together for faster results

BLEACHED SKIN TREATMENT OIL    

50ml mustard seed oil 20ml turmeric oil 10ml frankincense oil 20ml of rose hip oil

DIRECTIONS Mix together and that’s your bleached skin treatment oil. It can be used both day and night.

REPAIR OIL   

30 ml of Schenic oil 40ml of Snail argan oil 30ml Magic of kenacol

DIRECTION

Mix all the mentioned ingredients. It can be used for green vein and also for bleached skin.

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DARK KNEE AND ELBOW REMEDY       

Half cup Base cream Alum powder 5g Salicylic acid 10g Alpha arbutin 15g 7days action serum 20mls Grace solution 1bottle Tough peroxide 20ml

Mix them together. Apply night and day on tough areas. Works faster with a whitening scrub

EYEBROW GROWTH SERUM    

1 teaspoon castor oil 1 teaspoon emu oil (optional, can use extra castor oil instead) 1/2 teaspoon coconut oil 2 capsules Vitamin E oil (optional)

DIRECTIONS 1. Mix all ingredients and store in a small dropper bottle. 2. To use, squeeze one drop on to your finger or a cotton swab and gently massage into eyebrow or lash line. It is best to do this at night to let it work overnight before washing my face in the morning. 3. Use daily for best results.

DARK UNDERARM SCRUB

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1cup brown sugar Powdered milk 2tbs Baking soda 1tbs Honey 2tbs Lemon/lime juice 4 tbsp olive or coconut oil 10ml

DIRECTIONS Mix all the recipe in a container you can store it in a fridge for long term use ,it clears dark underarms.

SCRUB FOR STUBBORN SKIN     

1 Himalayan salt 1 Black indian salt 1 Alum powder 1 Style Claire 1 5days action milk

Mix all well for a stubborn skin

PIMPLES CLEANSER   

1 Skin white cleanser 1 maxi peel cleanser 1 papaya extract cleanser

Mix all together

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PIMPLES CLEANSER 2  

RDL BABYFACE CLEANSER (lemon) Add a pinch of camphur

PIMPLES CLEANSER 3   

1 skin doctor (small) 1 dermalis cleanser (small) 1 royal lux antiseptic anstringent (small)

Mix together and that's your pimples cleanser

PIMPLES FACE CREAM    

1 Quick Clear Face Cream 1 Miracle Powder 20 Drops Tea Tree Oil 15 Drops Lavender Oi

Mix all ingredients together and use. That's your pimples face cream

ACNE FACE CREAM    

1 Jra cream small size Half of Clin cap tube Half of Applevet tube Half of Globatin tube ...

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FACIAL SPOT ERASER   

1 Clincap 1 (3beta Cream) 1 Carotone Black Spot Corrector

DIRECTION Mix all together & apply directly on the spots

FACIAL SPOT REMOVAL SOAP       

Black soap/Ghana soap 2 Tbsp of Sandalwood Oil 1 Tsp Glycerin 3tbsp Rose Water 3 Tbsp of Lemon Juice 2 Tbsp Lime Juice

DIRECTIONS Divide your ghana soap into 2, use 1 part. Add your oil and your juice together in your soap and pound together in a mortar and pestle Allow to marinate for 24hrs Then your soap is ready for use

COLLAGEN BODY SCRUB  

1 Cup of Oat Meal 2 Table Spoon of Cinnamon Powder

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2 Table Spoon of Raw Honey 4 Table Spoon of Brown Sugar 4 Table Spoon of Collagen Liquid Extract 2 Table Spoon of Castile Soap

DIRECTIONS Mix the powder ingredients in a bowl, then add the liquid and collagen extract. The mixture should be thick.That's your collagen scrub.Use twice a week, you can add half spoon of preservative but it is good to prepare it when you want to give it to clients. This scrub should build up collagen for aging skin and makes the skin smooth. This is one of the best scrubs in organics, it is an exfoliating scrub but is more expensive than the whitening or any other scrub because it works very fast than others. It is applied with sponge and left on the skin for 10-15 mins before washed off.

BODY SPOT REMOVER SOAP            

Soap Mold Wooden Spoon Grater Dettol Liquid Soap Fragrance Microwave Mekako Soap RDL Black Soap Warm Water Clin Cap Cream Peeling or Miracle Oil A Bowl

DIRECTIONS Grate the soaps together

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Add half tsp of dettol, and fragrance 1/2 tsp. Then boil small water and add to the grated soaps, it becomes a little bit soft. Don't let the water to be too much. Add 1 tsp of peeling oil or miracle oil and mix. After mixing, add 1 tsp of your fragrance and put your soap inside the microwave to melt. After melting completely pour it into your soap mold to be solid after like 5 hours, you can take it out

LIGHTENING BLACK SOAP          

62% Black Soap Base 7% Shea Oil 4% Honey 5% Mulberry Extract 5% Carrot Oil 5% Snow White powder 4% Kojic dip powder 4% Turmeric powder 3% Sandalwood powder 1% Preservatives

DARK KNUCKLES CREAM      

1 cup of base cream 5g of alum powder 10g of salicylic 15g of alpha arbutin 20ml of 7days action serum 1 bottle of great solution

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Mix all ingredients together. Apply on the area and massage in both day and night.

DARK KNUCKLES CLEANSER   

Whitening glycerin Belle Face

DIRECTIONS Mix the ingredients together in same proportion

DARK KNUCKLES SCRUB     

35g Brown sugar 10ml Honey 5g Turmeric Powder 10ml Lemon oil 5g Licorice powder

DARK KNUCKLES SOAP    

1 mekako soap 1 RDL soap 1 tea spoon of fragrance or perfume 1 tea spoon of miracle oil or peeling oil

DIRECTIONS Grate the mekako soap and RDL soap in a bowl

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Then boil small water Then pour the boiled water into the grated soaps After adding the boiled water, it becomes a little bit soft Please dont let the water be too much, just small water Then add your miracle oil or peeling oil to the soap mixture Mix the mixture together After mixing it together, add 1 tea spoon of fragrance or perfume to it Then put it inside your microwave Please, you are to check it every 2minutes After it has melted completely Pour your soap into your soap mold and keep inside fridge for 10-20mints After then, remove it from the mold and put in a plain plate Set it aside for like 3-4days After then, it is ready to use or sell

HOW TO USE IT: The dark knuckles soap should be wet then apply only on affected areas and leave for 5mins before washing.

NOTE: These make up the Dark Knuckles kit. You are expected to sell the kit as a whole to your customer or at least 2 out of the kit.

The cleanser should be used 10mins before the soap is applied. And the cream or oil should be used last and at night preferably

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WHITENING HERBAL BLACK SOAP                          

2kg Black soap 1/4 cup camwood 1/4 cup oat powder 1/4 cup cinnamon powder 3 tbsp Tumeric powder 1/2 cup aloevera gel 200ml coconut oil 1/4 cup licorice extract 1 cup shea butter 2 tbsp ascorbic 200ml lemon juice 500ml herbal water 400ml honey 1/2 cup orange peel 1/2 cup neem 2 tbsp black seed oil 2 tbsp tea tree oil 50g snow white powder 1 Filipino set 50g Rice powder 50g halfcaste powder 1 santarde lotion 2 Citro clear serum 2 nature secret oil 2 Skin perfector serum 50ml whitening glycerine

After mixing... Make sure it's very smooth... Leave for 48hrs to marinate then package or use. Add Dermalis Cleanser to the final mixture

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WHITENING SALT BODY SCRUB STAGE A          

Yoko papaya salt 6 pieces Himalayan pink salt 600g Epsom Salt 400g Licorice powder 100g Cinnamon powder 15 to 20g Neem powder 15 to 20g Camwood powder 25g Sandalwood powder 40g Rice powder 30g Salicylic acid powder 60g

STAGE B         

Bio eclat whitening glycerin carrot or lemon 3 pieces 42hrs serum 3 pieces Kojic clear oil 3 pieces Citro clear oil 2 pieces Honey � 100 to 150ml Castor oil 150ml Mustard oil 100ml Shea butter 150g (melt & pour it) Pure Egyptian magic whitening lotion (1 and half bottles)

STAGE C   

Peppermint EO 30ml Cypress EO 20ml Eucalyptus EO 35ml

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PROCEDURE Weigh out stage A in a clean big bowl, stir well to combine and set aside. Now get stage B weigh out the whitening glycerin, lightening serum, honey, carrier oil and the pure Egyptian lotion and stir well to combine. Then get a clean bowl and melt your Shea butter then pour inside your stage B liquid and stir to combine well. After all the ingredients in stage A & B is complete pour your ingredients in stage B inside your stage A and mix thoroughly to combine. Then add stage C, keep stirring till all the oils are combined. If the scrub is too thin, add more Himalayan salt till you get your desired consistency.

ILLUMINATING GLOW OIL      

Super white oil Perfect glow oil Argan oil Rosehip oil 100ml Grapeseed oil 70ml Vit C serum 1 (30ml)

For dark skin, remove the vitamin C serum

FACE GLOW OIL   

Moroccan Argan oil 65ml Rosehip oil 25ml Lavender oil 10ml

Mix all together and pour into your b

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LIGHTENING GLOW OIL    

Moroccan Argan oil 150ml Evening primrose oil 50ml Lavender oil 20ml Mimi white AHA serum 30ml

For body acne, use jojoba oil in place for Argan oil

LIGHTENING BODY OIL    

Bio eclat whitening carrot oil-1 More white seven day serum 1 DH7 Gold corrector serum 1 Pure tissue oil 2tbs

BABY BODY OIL      

32% coconut oil (Cold pressed) 25% Apricot kernel oil 20% Jojoba oil 20% Calendula oil (Calendula infused in sunflower oil) 2% chamomile oil 1% Vitamin E oil

ACNE AND SPOT BLACK SOAP     

60% Black Soap 15% Shea Butter 3% Neem powder 3% Activated Charcoal 3% Bentonite clay

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3% Sandalwood powder 4% Aloe vera powder 2% Sulphur 2% Carrot Powder 1.5% Salicylic acid 1% Preservatives 1% Tea tree oil 1% Omi aro 0.5% Glycolic Acid

ACNE FACE WASH            

Honey Castile soap 150ml Aloevera or cucumber gel 40ml Witch Hazel 20ml Rosewater 10ml Turmeric powder 5g Sandalwood powder 5g Papaya powder 5g Tea tree oil 2.5ml Rosehip oil 5ml Jojoba oil 2.5ml Preservatives 3ml Fragrance 2ml

CLEANSING HONEY FACE MASK.     

50g of fuller earth clay 43.5g of spring water 0.5g of essential oil of your choice 1g of preservative or as manufacture’s Honey

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METHOD. Pour the water into a bowl add the preservative sprinkle the clay and leave for a few minute to allow the clay absorb in the water. Stir the mixture well. Add the essential oils and honey and mix together. If it is too thick or watery you may need to adjust the consistency of the mask by adding a little clay to the water.

GREEN VEIN OIL   

Apricot oil Rosemary oil Shenic oil

DIRECTIONS Mix them together in the same proportion. To use pour little on your palm, rub on the affected area.

LIGHTENING BODY BUTTER          

23% Mango butter 25% Shea butter 3.5% Turmeric oil 5% Papaya oil 2.3% Neem oil 3% Sandalwood oil 8% Licorice Extract Powder 5% Kojic Dipalmitate Acid 5% Mulberry 1.7% Sweet orange essential oil

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*LIQUID BLACK SOAP FOR GLOWING SKIN*                 

30% Black soap base 30% Hibiscus flower extract (or rose water or plain distilled water) 10% Honey 5% aloe extract 2% Xanthan Gum or Guar Gum 3% Argan oil 3% Jojoba oil 3% Evening Prime rose oil 2% Niacinamide 2% Licorice powder 2% Snow white power 2% Bentonite clay 2% Mulberry powder 1% Activated Charcoal 1% Vit. E oil 2% Lavender Essential oil 1% Preservatives

PROCEDURE Crumble your black soap and melt it in honey overnight Add water and oils, and stick blend together for about 10 to 15 mins. Add other Ingredients and mix well and sieve out the granules Add Xanthan gum or guar gum to preferred consistency

SKIN WHITENING BODY BUTTER   

Half cup of avocado butter Half cup of mango butter Quarter cup of Shea butter

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50ml egg Yolk milk 50ml dubia whitening milk or free skin whitening milk Half cup almond oil 30ml papaya extract 30ml mulberry extract 1 Filipino set 1tsp preservative 1tsp fragrance oil of your choice

DIRECTIONS In a double boiler, add almond oil, mango butter, Shea butter and avocado butter. Bring it down as soon as it is melted and allow it to cool. Whisk for 15 minutes and you add all the remaining ingredients (make sure you mix your Filipino set together before adding) except your fragrance and preservative. Whisk very well and put it in the fridge for 20 minutes. Bring it out whisk again and add your fragrance and preservative.

ROSE WATER TONER          

70% Rose water 10% Vitamin C 5% Licorice powder 5% Lactic acid 2% Glycerin 2% Allantoin powder 2% lemongrass e 2% Polysorbate 80 1% Salicyclic acid 1% Water soluble preservative

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LIGHTENING FACE CREAM     

4 feah lightening cream 1 H&D secret oil 2 extreme white intense turning spot removing face cream 1 Egyptian talking oil 1 table spoon of alpha arbutin powder

DIRECTION Mix all ingredients together, that's your lightening face cream.

SKIN TAG REMEDY Skin tags are medically known as acrochordon, it is a skin growth caused by running or friction. They appear at on the face, neck, armpits, chest and around the groins. They are harmless most cases but sometimes they need to be checked by a doctor because they makes you feel unpleasant. Here is a simple ingredient you can find in your kitchen to actually treat your skin tags:

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2tbsp of Apple Cider Vinegar Cotton ball

Clean the affected area with water and soap, pat dry with a tower and soak the cotton ball in the Apple Cider Vinegar and squeeze and apply the vinegar on the affected area. Repeat this 23 times a day.

Apple Cider Vinegar is acidic and it might cause burning sensation all you need to do is to dilute it with few drops of water before you apply it. After a while in most cases after a week the skin tag will lighten and fall off.

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2. Rub on aloe vera. You can either snip off a piece of an aloe vera plant or squeeze it to get the gel or you can purchase a bottle of aloe vera gel at a store. Get a cotton swab and dip it in the gel. Wipe it on your tag as often as you like.

This method relies on the natural curative properties of aloe vera and its effectiveness is hit or miss

DARK EYE CIRCLE OIL    

3 tablespoon coconut oil 2 tablespoon almond oil 2 tablespoon vitamin E oil 1 tablespoon chamomile oil

DIRECTION Mix all the oils together and transfer to an Amber bottle

BABY BODY OIL      

32% coconut oil (Cold pressed) 25% Apricot kernel oil 20% Jojoba oil 20% Calendula oil (Calendula infused in sunflower oil) 2% chamomile oil 1% Vitamin E oil

KIDS GLOW BLACK SOAP

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Black soap 100g Goat milk bowder 20g Castile liquid soap 200g Honey 100g Camwood powder 20g Sandalwood powder 20g Glycerin 30g Jojoba oil 10g Avocado oil 10g Coconut oil 10g Egg yolk powder 40g Tea tree oil 2g Neem powder 5g Sulphur powder 2g Rose water 300g Distilled water 100g Lemon juice 20g Mango butter 20g Shea butter 10g Carrot powder 10g Turmeric powder 10g Mulberry powder 10 kojic powder 10g Preservative 50g

Procedure Mix the raw black soap and all other liquid ingredients together. If you have a crock pot, just put all ingredients together and put on low heat. Now after all the liquid ingredients have been mixed together. Next is the powders and everything else

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Note: For all black soap mix. The mixing procedure is same thing. It's just addition or subtraction of various ingredients. The longer your black soap stays, the more it blends together but with the crock pot it's faster.

ORGANIC PINK LIPS BALM     

Almond oil 20ml Shea butter 10g Beeswax 15g Strawberry powder 2g Beetroot powder 3g

Double boil the almond, Shea and Beeswax. Then bring down when its dissolved, Add ur powders and mix well

NOTE: You can add jojoba oil or Cold pressed coconut oil

FRUITY FUSION BLACK SOAP          

62% Black Soap 15% Shea Oil or Oil of choice 4% Carrot Puree 4% Papaya Puree 4% Cucumber Puree 4% Lemon Juice 2% Turmeric powder 2% Canwood Powder 2% Bentonite Clay 1% Preservatives

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FAIR LADY BODY CREAM (500ml)      

1 cup of base cream 1 perfect glow oil 1 whitening glycerine 1 style claire oil 1 magic derma Mix all ingredients together that’s your lady fair mix.

NOTE: This is for light skinned people that want to glow and maintain their complexion or Look brighter

10 DAYS WHITENING LOTION       

1 Abonne miracle spa milk 1 magic white potion magique 1 72hrs eclats de lune lotion (fruits acid) 2 nature white cream 2 miracle derm cream 1 Bel eclat kenacol 2tsp snow white powder

DIRECTION Mix all together and dissolve your snow white powder in rose water

LIGHTENING GLOW SOAP 

2 tsp Kojic Acid powder

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2 tbsp Carrot powder 4 tbsp water (To dissolve the Kojic acid powder) 10 Drops of carrot essential oils 10 Drops tea tree essential oil 1-2 Soap base (or you can use your favorite soap. Just grate the soap into smaller pieces and dissolve it using double boiler method) 4tbsp Almond oil 4 tbsp Aloe Vera gel Soap silicon molder 2 tsp Preservatives ( Optiphen plus or Garmall plus)

Get a clean mixing Bowl. Cut your soap base into chunks or smaller pieces. Melt your soap base using a double boiler. When the soap base must have dissolved completely, bring it down from the heat (fire). Allow it cool a little bit. Then add all the ingredients mentioned above in accordance to their measurement including preservatives. Stir the mixture thoroughly, to blend properly. Then pour the mixture in soap molder to give the soap a nice shape while it cools down and solidify.

PINK LIPS CREAM PROMIX      

25ml Cream Base of your choice (carowhite cup) 5ml Herbal Whitening Ampoule 5ml Alpha Arbutin powder 5ml kojic acid powder 2.5ml almond oil 5 drops of Fragrance Oil

HAND LOTION    

5 tbsp aloe vera gel 5 tbsp beeswax 20ml jojoba oil (feel free to substitute any oil of your choice) 1 tsp Vitamin E oil

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15 drops essential oil (any one of ur choice)

DIRECTIONS In a medium-sized bowl combine aloe vera gel, Vitamin E oil, and essential oils and Set aside for later. Add beeswax and jojoba oil into another bowl. Place the bowl in a small pot of water and bring water to a gentle boil, stir occasionally until beeswax is completely melted then carefully remove the bowl from pot. Pour beeswax/oil mixture into blender and allow to cool. Once cooled, turn blender on LOW. Remove top of blender and pour aloe vera mixture in a slow but continues motion. If the mixture is pooling at the top or sides, stop frequently to push it around with spatula. Continue blending until desired consistency is reached. Preferably use a stick blender. Transfer lotion to clean containers and refrigerate any portion that will not be used up within a few weeks. Or use preservative (15 drops of phenoxyethanol).

*CARAMELSKIN BODY LOTION*

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 Abonne miracle spa milk 1 magic white potion magique  nature white cream  miracle derm cream 1 bel eclat kenacol

Mix all togethet and thats your caramel tone lotion

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FACE GLOW OIL   

Moroccan Argan oil 65ml Rosehip oil 25ml Lavender oil 10ml

Mix all together and pour into your bottle

FACIAL MUD MASK      

1.5 tbsp cooled green tea 1 tbsp aloe vera gel 2 tbsp bentonite clay ½ tsp argan oil 3 drops geranium essential oil Mixing bowl & spoon

DIRECTIONS 1. In a mixing bowl, add 2 tbsp of bentonite clay or any other cosmetic clay of your choice. 2. Now add 1 tbsp of cooled aloe vera gel and ½ tsp of argan oil and mix well to form a paste. 3. Next, slowly keep adding cooled green tea while stirring well to form an easily spreadable mixture. 4. Finally, add 3 drops of geranium essential oil and stir again.

To use apply facial mud mask onto your clean face and neck. Let it sit for 15 minutes before washing off

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EMULSIFIED SCRUB            

10% Honey 10% Emulsifier 16% Cetearyl Alcohol: 5% Shea butter 3% Lemon oil 5% Tumeric powder 5% Licorice powder 5% Niacinamide 7% AHA Serum 30% Brown sugar 1% Grapeseed oil (or other antioxidant) 1% Preservative

MOROCCAN WHITENING OIL 30ml Argan oil 30ml Moroccan whitening oil 10ml Papaya oil 20ml Carrot oil 10ml Schenic oil 50grams Licorice powder

Mix together and keep in a warm place for 48 hours. Strain and use.

DAY FACE CREAM 

1tsp of Shea butter/cocoa butter/mango butter or coconut oil

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5-6drops of Rosehips seed oil 1tsp of Vitamin E oil 1/2 tsp of Sunscreen

DIRECTION Melt shea butter on a double boiler for 20-60 second; allow it to cool down for about 510minutes then add Rosehips oil, vitamin E oil and sunscreen. Allow it to cool down for 5mins to harden then scoop into a neat container.

BRIGHT AND GLOW BLACK SOAP                       

Black soap base 1kg Camwood powder 50grams Sandalwood powder 50grams Cinnamon powder 25grams Goat milk powder 10grams Neem powder 25grams Sulphur powder 3tbs Honey 250ml Ghana green soaps and white soap 5 each Lemon juice 20ml Rose water 250ml Orange peel powder 50grams Palm kernel oil 70ml Coconut oil 10ml Shea butter 100g Black seed oil 70ml Mango butter 5grams Ascorbic powder 30grams Kojic powder 50grams Sepi white powder 100g Mulberry powder 50g Turmeric powder 50grams Moringer powder 50grams

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Soap activator for foaming 100ml

LIGHTENING GLOW OIL

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Moroccan Argan oil 150ml Evening primrose oil 50ml Lavender oil 20ml Mimi white AHA serum 30ml

(For body acne, use jojoba oil in place for Argan oil)

STRETCH MARKS CREAM

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2tsp Cococonut oil 2tsp Cocoa butter 2tsp Shea butter 2tsp Avocado oil 2 tsp lavender oil Miracle powder 10drops vit E.

Melt all ingredients in a double boiler. When it starts getting dissolve, whip n remove from heat. Store in an airtight container, regularly massage d affected area with this cream and u will see miraculous results fading away those unpleasant stretch marks.

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3 drops of frankincense oil 3 drops of lavender oil 1 drops of sandalwood oil tea spoon of sesame oil 3 drops of grape seed oil 2 drop of coconut oil table spoon of argan oil

DIRECTIONS Mix all the oil listed above together thoroughly and apply to the surface.

STRETCH MARKS SOAP

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1/2 Wrap Ghana Soap 3 Tsp of Vit E 3 Tbsp of Aloe Vera Juice 1 Tbsp of Original Honey 3 Or More Tbsp of Lemon Juice 2 Tsp of Cocoa Butter

DIRECTIONS Mix the Ghana soap together with other ingredients, add more lemon juice if needed, add the juice little by little so that your soap will not be watery. Mix well or pound all ingredients together with a mortar and pestle and use.

STRETCH MARK SCRUB

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1 cup of coffee grounds 1 tablespoon almond oil 3 tablespoons lemon juice 2 tablespoons sea salt 1tsp of dead sea salt 4 drops carrot oil or argan oil

DIRECTIONS Get a bowl pour in ur coffee, add almond oil, lemon juice, sea salt n dead sea salt and carrot oil or argan oil. Stir well & ready 4 use after one hour. That's our stretch mark scrub

MOROCCAN BELDI TONING SOAP          

Moroccan soap 1 Turmeric powder 1 tsp Sandalwood powder 1tsp Vit C powder (ascorbic) 1 tbsp Kojic dip 1 tbsp Arbutin capsule wit SPF 2caps Neem oil 5ml Sunflower oil 10ml Jojoba oil 10ml Preservatives 1 tsp

You can add Moroccan whitening oil for it to have a more lightening effect

SHIMMERING GOLD GLOW BODY OIL 

47% Sweet Almond oil

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20% Sunflower oil 20% Papaya oil 10% Macadamia nut oil 1% Gold Mica 1% Vit. E oil 0.3% Sweet orange essential oil 0.3% Patchouli essential oil 0.2% Frankincense essential oil 0.2% Ylang ylang essential oil

Mix the carrier oils together. Add the mica into the oil mix in bits. The add the essential oils into the mixture and stir continously.

BRIGHT AND GLOW BODY OIL

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Rosehip oil - 150ml Calendula oil - 100ml Baobab oil - 150ml Recovery oil or B.O.N oil - 1 bottle Bel eclat carrot glycerin- 1/2 bottle Schenic perfect legs stage 1 (blue pack ) - 1/4 bottle Style Clair oil - 1 bottle Collagen xtra white ultra fort - 1 bottle Frankincense EO - 10ml Lemongrass EO - 15ml Ylang Ylang EO - 10ml Geranium EO - 10ml

SKIN GLOW BODY OIL   

50ml of Beauty Series Oil 50ml of Almond Oil 5ml of Vitamin E

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DIRECTION Mix All Together For Glowing Skin.

SKIN GLOW NIGHT CREAM (500ML)     

1 cup of base cream 1 snail Argan oil 1 10days flawless serum 1 magic white 50ml of carrot oil

Mix all ingredients together, that’s your skin glow night cream. Those who love to apply night cream this is for you this lightens very well and gives a glowing skin.

CHOCOLATE SKIN BODY LOTION      

60%Base cream 10% Shea nut Oil 10% Infused Oil 5% Almond Oil 10% Licorice powder 5% Vitamin B3/Niacinamide

HERBAL SHAMPOO

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400g African black soap 2tbsp ani seed 2tbsp cumin seed 2tbsp fennel seed cinnamon sticks 2tbsp whole clove 2tbsp rosemary 2tbsp garlic minced 1tbsp rosemary oil 1tbsp peppermint oil 1tbsp Moringa oil 1tbsp soy beans oil

SNOW WHITE CREAM         

500ml base cream 1 filipino set 1 herbal DH serum 1 glutathione 1 neoprosome 1 kpatakpata table spoon beauty series 1 kojie san 3 table spoon of snow white powder or sepi white powder

This is a very good whitening cream it works like magic, it is next to halfcast and it works very fast. Mix d ingredients one by one as they are listed

LIGHTENING BLACK SOAP PASTE 

Raw Black soap 500g

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Ghana black soap 200g or Use 700g Ghana black soap Ozone soap 100g Lemon juice 50g Orange peel powder 20g Lemon peel powder 10g Camwood powder 10g Sandalwood powder 10g Sulphur powder 5g Goat milk 10g Egg yolk powder 10g Neem powder 10g Mint powder 5g Bentonite clay 20g Licorice powder 30g Snow white powder 50g Mulberry powder 20g Carrot powder 20g Tamarind paste 30g Rice powder 50g Beetroot powder 50g Turmeric powder 50g Ascorbic acid 30g Lactic acid 30g Soap activator serum 50g Aha fruit acid 10g Licorice extract 10g Papaya extract 10g Aloe vera gel 50g Lightening glycerine 50g Rose water 300g Honey 300g Coconut oil 5g Almond oil 5g Turmeric oil 5g Carrot oil 5g Shea butter 5g Shenic oil 100g

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Kenacol 50g Labijanise oil 100g

FOR WHITENING Add the following to the above ingredients:              

Peeling soap 2bars Nano soap 2bars Glutathione soap 2bars Bleaching powder 50g Replace lactic acid with glycolic acid 50g Betasol oil 1 Dop shampoo 2 Magic white serum 2 Foaming booster 300g Stretch mark water 1 Citric acid powder 20g Whitening cream base 100g Preservative 50g Fragrance optional 50g or make use of essential oil with very good smell.

WHITENING HERBAL BLACK SOAP         

2kg Black soap 1/4 cup camwood 1/4 cup oat powder 1/4 cup cinnamon powder 3 tbsp Tumeric powder 1/2 cup aloevera gel 200ml coconut oil 1/4 cup licorice extract 1 cup shea butter

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2 tbsp ascorbic 200ml lemon juice 500ml herbal water 400ml honey 1/2 cup orange peel 1/2 cup neem 2 tbsp black seed oil 2 tbsp tea tree oil 50g snow white powder 1 Filipino set 50g Rice powder 50g halfcaste powder 1 santarde lotion 2 Citro clear serum 2 nature secret oil 2 Skin perfector serum 50ml whitening glycerine

After mixing... Make sure it's very smooth... Leave for 48hrs to marinate then package or use. Add Dermalis Cleanser to the final mixture

BABY SOAP FOR NEW BORN BABIES

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1/4 cup original black soap, 3 drop virgin coconut oil, 1tsp original honey, pinch of sulphur ( powder)

Method - mash d black soap, put virgin oil, coconut oil, honey and sulphur then mash together very well and your baby soap is ready.

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FACE POLISH        

40% Brown Sugar 25% Shea Butter or oil of choice 10% Tomato Juice or Lycophene 10% Honey 8% Emulsifying Wax 5% Vegetable Glycerin 1% Lavender Essential Oil 1% Preservatives

Melt your oil/butter, e-wax in a double boiler. Allow mixture to cool before mixing with a stick blender. Add your remaining ingredients and incorporate well.

CLEAR HANDS & FEET CREAM       

New light tube (grey) 2 Kojic clear Tube 1 Citro clear oil 25ml Santarde hand and feet cleanser 15ml Rapid white whitenizer Gluta Bereau de Coco Tough peroxide 100ml

FLAWLESS SKIN SOAP   

500g Soap Base (Black soap or soap noodles) 1 bumebine soap

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1omo white plus soap 1 frutamin soap 1 mekako soap 1 soap ozone 50ml soap oil 100ml honey 100ml Dubai milk Ultra oil 1 Shalom Stretch Mark oil 50ml vit C oil 10g each of neem, turmeric, camwood, licorice and sandalwood powder Vit b3 or omi aro Whitening or vegetable glycerin Fragrance Preservatives

PROCEDURE Add all other ingredients to the base Pound with pestle. If it's too thick, add more honey For the soap noodles Use a double boiler method to soften it.

SUNBURN CLEANSER

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Grace duo mixed with rose water

Method

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Turn the two bottles in the grace duo packet inside a big container then use the empty bottles to measure rose water and add to it That's your sunburn eraser. Please use it only on the sunburn area to unify the skin tone. Just the sunburn area

SUNBURN PROMIXING CREAM   

DR KLEAR facial cream 1 Pinch of miracle powder 1 teaspoon of santarde face lotion

Mix together and that's your sunburn cream. Use after sunburn cleanser Use sunscreen during the day We have 2 Santarde lotion One for the face and one for legs

SKIN FIRMING CREAM        

½ cup of coconut butter ½ cup of coconut oil ¼ cup pure olive oil 2 table spoon of food starch 1 table spoon of vitamin E oil 1 table spoon of lavender essential oil ½ table spoon of frankincense essential oil 2 table spoon of cocoa butter

PROCEDURE

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Do a double boiler Melt the coco butter and coconut butter on a low heat with other oil When it has completely melt, add the food starch and stir When is slightly thick, transfer the mixture into a ceramic bowl and place it in the fridge for some hours. When it is completely cool bring it out and mix well with mixer until it foaming and creamy Pour the cream into a container and keep it away from direct sunlight.

WHITENING FACE CREAM       

2 Extreme White Intense Toning Spot Removing Day Cream 4 Feah Whitening Beauty Cream 1 Rapid White Whitenizer Serum (Super Spots Remover) 1 Snow white powder 1 H & D Secret Oil 1 Egyptian Talking Oil 2tbsp Alpha Arbutin

Mix all together and that's your whitening face cream Note: Dissolve your snow white powder with 1tsp of warm rose water before adding it to your cream mixture

GREEN VEIN OIL   

Apricot oil Rosemary oil Shenic oil

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DIRECTIONS Mix them together in the same proportion. To use pour little on your palm, rub on the Affected area.

MOROCCAN WHITENING LOTION For a 500ml Moroccan whitening lotion      

1 Moroccan whitening oil 1 portion magique oil 1 Moroccan argan oil 1 express white oil 1 magic derma 1 Filipino powder and solution

DIRECTION

Mix the Filipino powder and solution thoroughly (until its creamy) before adding to your lotion. That's your Moroccan whitening lotion!

MOROCCAN WHITENING SOAP        

1 al tag moroccan soap 3 maxitone soap 5 kbrothers soap 2 kojie San 1 kojie white soap 1 citroclear 4tsp snow white powder 1 7days whitening serum(optional)

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METHOD Grate all bar soaps together Use rosewater to melt soap add snow white powder,citro clear and 7 days whitening serum mix and leave overnight Add moroccan soap the next day and mix thoroughly with your spatula. Allow the soap to harden for 5days Then package and sell.

HALF-CASTE LOTION       

Egyptian milk kamana-500ml. Tough peroxide 100ml Rose whitening powder and solution (use one set) Filipino Set (use1set). Extreme Bleaching oil.100ml. StyleClaireoil.2bottles. Carrot Essential oil 10drops.

For the powders don't use all, all of them are alternatives. Use only one either Filipino set or Rose white powder set.

HALF CAST OIL        

Gluta beauru de Coco 1 Maxi white serum 1 Aha oil 50ml Geranium oil 30ml Grape seed oil 30ml Super white oil Cold press coconut oil 30ml Magic kenacol 50ml

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Shalom oil 1

SWISS MILK LIGHTENING/WHITENING FACE CREAM   

2 Extreme white night cream 1 rapid white whitenizer (super spots remover) 1 original easy white tube cream.

Mix all ingredients together

SWISS MILK LIGHTENING/WHITENING SCRUB   

1 Asantee Milk Scrub 2 Tbsp Alum Powder 2 Tbsp Salicylic Acid.

Mix all together. You can desolve your alum powder in small lemon juice extract.

SWISS LIGHTENING/WHITENING MILK LOTION         

2 Dodo white up or clinic care lotion 1 7days serum 1 Botox injection serum 1 Skin Free Milk 1 3beta cream 2 Anti-Stretch Mark Body Ampoules 1 Teaspoon Vit E 3 Kojic Clear Tube Cream 30 ml Whitening Glycerine

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2 Tbsp Arbutin

DIRECTIONS Dissolve arbutin powder with glycerine and pour in a bowl. Add every other thing listed and mix properly. NB: Use rose water to make it lighter if you want it light

SWISS MILK LIGHTENING/WHITENING FACE CREAM   

2 Extreme white night cream 1 rapid white whitenizer (super spots remover) 1 original easy white tube cream.

Mix all ingredients together

NIGHT FACE CREAM    

Evening primrose oil – half teaspoon Vitamin E oil - half teaspoon Avocado oil - 1/4 tsp Shea butter -1tsp

DIRECTION Melt Shea butter in a double boiler on a low heat. Allow to cool after melting then add primrose oil, avocado oil and vitamin E oil. Mix together until it has a lotion look. Note: Always keep your cream away from heat. Allow the cream to soak into your skin for few minutes before applying makeup. The face cream is a facial moisturizer AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE

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WHITENING BODY POLISH     

Skin White and glowing powder 100g rice flour 4 tablespoon honey 4 tablespoon of orange extract (mean the Juice) 4 tablespoon 5%hydrogenperoxide

METHOD Mix it together very well, your customer can apply it all over their body 25 mins before shower, It's for whitening and glowing skin.

CLEOPATRA NIGHT FACE CREAM       

2 feah cream 4 Lalala face cream 1 make me white cream Super spots remover 1 7 days whitening serum Vitamin E capsules 1 rapid whitenizer

METHOD Mix all together

CLEOPATRA BODY WASH

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1 Niprosone 1 White Max oil 500ml 44 500ml Cameron mixed body wash base 1 Carrot glow shower gel 1 Kojie San body wash 1 Roses body wash 3 tablets of k brothers black mask soap

METHOD Melt the k brothers’ soap, then add all the mentioned ingredients into the melted soap, leave for 24 hours before sales.

CLEOPATRA BODY MILK            

100ml Gluta Wink Cream 100ml Make me White Cream 10g Snow White Powder 20g Ascorbic Acid Powder 20g Kojic Dipalmitate Powder 20g Kojic White Oil 20ml Botox Oil 10ml Magic Kenacol Oil 20ml Rapid Whitenizer Oil 10ml Skin Perfector Oil 20ml Preservative (Germal Plus) Sunscreen lotion

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1. KAYANMATA

Literally, Kayan means property and Mata means woman in the Hausa language. Some women say sex without Kayan Mata is like cooking without spice, it makes men enjoy so much and also makes sex memorable for the woman. Kayan Mata is the most common herbs Hausa women use to keep their sex life explosive. There are different components of Kayan Mata and the best of it are prepared in some Northern states like Sokoto, Maiduguri, Kastina,and Kebbi There are other components of kayan Mata , they are basically herbs, sex enhancers, stimulants, libido boosters Most Ingredients are made in Indonesia while some are herbs locally made in the north.

*PUSSY SWEETENER (WATER)* *Ingredients*    

Sugarcane Honey Clove Ginger

*Procedure* 

Boil sugarcane, clove,ginger with water for like 30minutes, let it cool, you can add honey to it. Drink the water . It increases Vagina moisture and enable you satisfy your partner Unlike the dry vaginal remedies, this sex sweetener should be drank. You can drink it 30mins-1hr before sex. It is not bitter also for those that don't like bitter drinks

SEX SWEETENER POWDER Ingredients

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Dates Sugar

Procedure  

Dry and remove dates seed, mix the dates with sugar and grind it to powder form. Take 2tbspn with any kind of tea 3 times a week

PUSSY SWEETENER 

Pineapple Juice

Procedure Drink a glass of pineapple juice some time before sex. It gives your vagina a very sweet and pleasant flavor during oral sex or foreplay. Very good for maintaining hygiene and removal of bad odours down there.

VAGINA ODOUR Ingredients 

Clove water

Procedure Use cloves water to wash the vagina it has zero harm and gives a pleasant scent. Cloves water is quite safe for this

LIBIDO BOOSTING DRINK

Tigernut milk is one of d most powerful ancient food source known in humanity and used traditionally to stimulate sexual arousal, treatment of week erection, premature ejaculation in men and boosting of breast milk supply in breastfeeding mothers. This drink is a libido booster in both men and women. It gets you or your man in the mood for sex so I will say if you are not married, please copy and save the recipe but if you a married try it, it works like magic.

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AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE If your husband is the weak type, no wahala give him this drink daily, don't even tell him the work and be ready for action. If your husband is d type that does not take milk, then make it a royal Soya for him.

Procedure For Making Tigernut Milk/Kunu Aya Ingredients     

Tigernut / aya(dry one) Coconut Dates/dabino Ginger Pepper(optional)

Procedure 1. Soak the very dry nut in a generous quantity of cold water for 2days, make sure you always change d water daily. 2. After the soaking, wash the nuts very well and sort out the bad ones. 3. Soak the dates for like 10minutes to soften it and remove d seed inside 4. Add coconut date and tigernut 5. Put them in your kitchen blender or you take to the market and blend if the quantity is more, so you don't over work your blender. 6. After blending use a chiffon cloth to pour the blended mixture

BREAST ENLARGER 1 Ingredients       

White rice Wheat powder Plantain powder Groundnut Tigernut Milk Honey

Procedure

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AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE Dry your plantain, if its dried grind it to powder form, mix it with wheat and rice powder.....blend your tigernut and rice. Seive and extract their juice and add ur powder combo and remaining ingredients into it, keep stirring till its cool, store in the refrigerator. Take it twice a day morning and evening. Best result within a month.

BREAST ENLARGER 2 Ingredients    

Millet Wheat White rice Corn ( yellow)

Procedure Wash and dry them if dey are dried, fry them off and take it for grinding, but it should be grounded in a

powder form. Take 2tbspn and mix it with nunu milk or yoghurt, take it each day. These are normal foods we eat. They trigger development of breasts naturally as they contain Estrogen triggering nutrients. If you have a little daughter that has a slow puberty growth, ensure you increase intake of these food. Soyabeans and soyamilk can also be added to these for those who love soya

HIPS ENLARGEMENT OIL Ingredients     

2 table spoon of rose hip oil 5 drops of cypress oil 5 drops of geranium oil 3 drops of frankincense oil 3 drops of fenugreek oil

Mix all together BREAST ENLARGEMENT OIL Ingredients    

10 drops of almond oil 5 drops of olive oil 5 drops of lemon oil 5 drops of geranium oil

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5 drops of orange oil 5 drops of ylang oil 5 drops of fenugreek oil 3 drops of lemongrass oil 5 drops of argan oil

Mix all together and store in a color glass container. Use morning and night

BREAST FIRMING OIL Ingredients       

2tsp almond oil 2tsp orange oil 2tsp lemon oil 2tsp carrot oil 2 tsp virgin olive oil 2tsp ylang -ylang oil 2tsp fenugreek oil.

Direction Mix all the oils together and blend well. Pour little of the breast firming oil on your hands and massage your breast gently for 15mins and use 2times daily. You can keep the oil for 2 years without spoiling and avoid from direct sunlight

BREAST FIRMING OIL Ingredients       

2tsp almond oil 2tsp orange oil 2tsp lemon oil 2tsp carrot oil 2 tsp virgin olive oil 2tsp ylang -ylang oil 2tsp fenugreek oil.

Direction

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AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE Mix all the oils together and blend well. Pour little of the breast firming oil on your hands and massage your breast gently for 15mins and use 2times daily. You can keep the oil for 2 years without spoiling and avoid from direct sunlight

BREAST FIRMING MASK Ingredients   

10 drops Vitamin E oil 10 drops fenugreek oil 2tbsp coconut oil 1 egg white

Direction Mix all the ingredients together and apply to the breast. Leave it for 30mins and rinse with cold water. Please note that you cannot keep this for long. It is for immediate use so make in batches when there is customer on ground who wants to use it immediately. You can add preservatives for long term use. For best results, it is better to use both the oil and the cream together. This is purely organic and natural and it should be applied morning and night daily. But based on the fact that these are organics, you will need to be consistent and patient when using it as it takes a period of time but you can be assured that you are using safe products

VAGINAL LUBRICANT 1. Ingredients    

Baure herb Honey Cloves Ginger

Procedure Boil Baure herb with ginger and clove but add enough honey. Take 2cups morning and evening. It’s a very good vaginal lubricant. 2. Ingredients   

Wheat Groundnut Soybeans

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Coconut Peakmilk

Procedure Blend or grind 1 cup of groundnut, soya beans, wheat, and 2 coconut. Make it like pap and add milk when taking it.

INFECTION REMEDY (itching) Ingredients  

Helba Salt

Procedure Boil helba and salt and take seat bathe for like 30minutes. Itching will stop. Do this frequently till you can no longer feel itching anywhere. FLAT TUMMY DETOX WATER Ingredients     

Cucumber Mint leaf Ginger Garlic Lemon

Method Dice d Cucumber and peel the ginger, wash d mint leaf very well and then add little garlic to it. Store In Your jug or covered container and add water, Leave it for 12hours before using it or overnight. Drink first thing in the morning and before bed at night

VAGINA TIGHTENERS There are natural ways to tighten up the vagina, no need to use pills. 

Bagaruwa powder (Babool)

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AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE You will get a good soft bagaruwa powder and mix it with honey, it will be sticky. So you will use it and insert. Its a very good herbal tightener or you can mix the powder with a Vaseline. Maximum 4-5 days u will see changes. 

Traditional henna (lalle)

Henna: This tightening combo is very common in the north; the lalle has a secretive feature of tightening the Vagina. U will mix it with honey and insert, leave it for like 2hrs. But inserting in the night is better, if you wake up in the morning, you will use warm water and wash the vagina.

FENUGREEK SEEDS TO TIGHTEN VAGINA Boil your hot water, pour your 2tbsp fenugreek seeds in a cup and pour the water in and cover till the following day. In the morning drink both the water and chew the soft fenugreek. Do this three times a week for tightness of Vaginal and continue this proportion 3time in a week until the vaginal is closed or tighten. NOTE: Do not take it every day. There are ready made types from the north and Indonesia like a Goron Tula, Madurasa, Tightening sticks, Bobaraba, Sex sweets for licking, Gold Fly...Just to mention a few.

HOUSE HOLD PRODUCTS

DISINFECTANT Chemical and Formula 1. Pine Oil - 1/2 litre. 2. Phenol. - 1/4 litre 3. Texapol - 1/4 litre 4. Chrosanol - 1/4 litre. 5. I.P.A. - 2 litres 6. Dettol Colour - To your satisfaction 7. Water. - 2 litres. Process

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AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE STEP. 1. Get your mixer ready , Pour your Pine oil into the mixer. STEP. 2. Mix Phenol and Texapol together properly. STEP. 3. Then pour the mix phenol and Texapol into the mixer and stir very well. STEP. 4. Add the Chrosanol into it and stir. STEP. 5. Add the I. P. A and stir. STEP. 6. Add the Detol colour and stir STEP 7. Finally pour water and mix everything together and make sure you stir this solution homogeneously. After some minutes it is ready to fill into your container.

HOW TO MAKE PETROLEUM JELLY (VASELINE) When people are talking about petroleum JELLY, they are referring to Vaseline petroleum jelly. Vaseline is still a true wonder JELLY that tackles dryness from the inside out, providing deep healing moisture and leaving your skin feeling soft and supple. INGREDIENTS 1. Paraffin wax (1/8 slab): This helps to holds the mixture together 2. Petroleum jelly (3kg): This is a nourishing agent that helps to thicken and hold the Vaseline together 3. Micro wax (1/16 slab): This helps your Vaseline to stick together 4. Paraffin oil (5 liters): This is the oil that helps to reduce thickness of Vaseline since water is not needed in the production it has a healing and a nourishing ability 5. Perfume oil (100ml) of your choice: It give the smell you desire 6. Colour is Optional Procedure 1. Get you Gas Burner ready on a low heat 2. Place the Stainless Pot on the Gas burner 3. Put the Paraffin Wax (1/8) into the Stainless pot

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AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE 4. Put the Petroleum Jelly (3kg) into the Stainless pot on the Gas burner and stir properly until it’s all well blended 5. Get an empty bowl and put 4 liters of Paraffin Oil into it (keeping 1 liter) 6. Now Pour the Stainless Pot contents or mixture “Paraffin Wax and Petroleum Jelly” into the Bowl containing the 4 liters of Paraffin Oil and stir properly. 7. Add perfume and stir properly 8. Now take a small piece of the mixture into a cup and pour water so that the body cream will float; then feel the floated body cream to see if it’s soft or hard enough. If it’s too harsh; then add the remaining 1 liter of paraffin oil else keep the paraffin oil for future use.

INSECTICIDE Chemicals Needed ( 2 Litres)    

400g of industrial camphor 50cl of D.D Force or Snipper 50cl kerosene Fragrance ( optiona) Directions -

Pour your kerosene in a mixing bowl Add D.D. Force, or Snipper and mix Add industrial camphor and mix Add your fragrance to your desire Mix all together vigorously and your INSECTICIDE is ready.

D.D. FORCE, SNIPPER , ARE SAME THING, YOU CAN USE ANY OF THEM.

HOW TO MAKE HAIR CREAM Ingredients:     

1 cup (250ml petroleum jelly 500ml paraffin oil 1tbsp stearic acid 1tbsp lanolin 4tbsp glycerin

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Fragrance Colouring ( optional)

PROCEDURE    

Get your double boiler and melt the petroleum jelly, paraffin oil, stearic acid and lanolin together and mix. Add your colouring to your desire. Bring it down allow it to cool for 5 minutes, add glycerin and fragrance, mix them together and pour into your container . You can add the following ingredients to enhance the quality of your hair:Shea butter, Castor oil, Coconut oil.

HOW TO MAKE YOUR LIQUID SOAP What you need: 1. Mixing bowl 2. Buckets 3. Hand glove 4. Wooden spoon 5. Container 6. Water Materials Needed For 40 Litres Of Liquid Detergent 1. Nitrosol/Antisol/C.M.C(Carboxy methyl cellulos )2 tin Milk cup (Very Full) 2. Sulphonic Acid 3. 2 Litre Caustic Soda 4. Soda ash 2/3 milk tin 5. Texapon 1 cup 6. 11 - 20 teaspoonfulsFormaline(optional) 7. 6-16 teaspoonfuls (optional)Perfume(fragrance) 8. SLS( Sodium Laurate Sulphate)

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AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE 9. 11-20 teaspoonfulsSodium Tripoyphosphate(S.T.P.P) 10. 11-20 teaspoon Colorant 11.Water 35litres Method Of Preparation 1. Dissolve the caustic soda with 2 litres of water and allow to stay for 30minutes to 1hr or overnight. 2. Dissolve soda ash in 2 litre of water and allow to stay for 30min/hr or overnight. 3. Get your sulphonic acid, pour inside an empty bowl, add your perfume (fragrance) to it and the texapon, then add like 10litres of water and stir very well for about 5-10minutes 4. Dissolve the SLS with 5 tin milk cup of water. Dissolve the STPP with 5 tin milk cups of water also. Get the Nitrosol but if you are using C.M.C, make sure it is dissolved 2 days to the preparation of the soap with 10litres of water. If you are using Nitrosol, It is used instantly(as in, no need soaking it down). Preparation 1. Get the Nitrosol that has been dissolved in water or the c.mc, that has been dissolved for 2 days to the preparation of the soap. 2. Add the dissolved Sulphonic acid, texapon and perfume to either Nitrosol or C.M.C depending on the one you are using and stir very well 3. Add already dissolved Caustic soda and stir very well. 4.Add the already dissolved soda ash and stir properly 5. Add formalin to the content and stir properly. 6. Add the dissolved S.T.P.P and Stir 7. Add the dissolved SLS to the Content 8. Dissolve your colorant in water and ensure that the colorant is completely dissolved, then add it to the solution and stir thoroughly 9. Add some quantity of water to the mixture, depending on the thickness of the mixture. Leave the mixture for some hours or preferably till the following day and then package for use.

GEL AIR FRESHNER

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AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE Ingredients:     

50 grams or more of flavoured gelatinous 2 cups of water 2tbsp of salt Food colouring ( optional) 25-30 drops of essential oil or fragrance

- Heat 1 cup of water in a pot. - Slowly add gelatin and stir until it has completely mixed. - drop the mixture and add 1 cup of water to the heated one and stir until it has thoroughly mixed. - Add your essential oil or fragrance - Add colour and salt to the mixture and stir. - Pour into a container and place in the fridge for 1 hour

HOW TO MAKE DETERGENT POWDER Ingredients:             

4 litre palm kernel oil or fatty acid 1kg caustic soda 2kg soda ash 1/2 litre hydrogen peroxide ( H202) 30ml ammonium 150ml industrial salt 250ml foaming agent 30ml sulphuric acid 1 litre water Colourant to your satisfaction fragrance to your satisfaction turning stick nose mask

PROCEDURE: 1. Prepare the caustic soda solution by pouring the caustic soda in a bucket and add 1 litre of water. Stir thoroughly, cover tightly and leave to ferment for 72 hours, you can allow it to ferment for more than three days if you want but should not use if it is not up to 3 days.

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AKWANWA BOTANICS FULL SKINCARE COURSE 2. With your nose mask on, add the soda ash to the caustic soda solution and stir with your turning stick very well until uniformly blended. 3. Pour the palm kernel oil into the mixture and add the colourant while stirring vigorously only in clockwise direction till it blends well. 4. Add the hydrogen peroxide, ammonium, industrial salt, sulphuric acid, foaming agent and the fragrance into the mixture. 5. Pour into dryer for drying or spread under the sun to dry. 6. After drying, grate or pulverise and then sieve

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