11 Summer-Ready Skin Wellness Strategies

Getting skin ready for summer includes cleansing, exfoliating, moisturizing and protection to make sure skin looks and feels its best.  Natural emollients to the rescue! As part of our 4 part wellness series, our application chemists have assembled 11 strategies you...

HAND WELLNESS: 11 Happy Hand Strategies From Our Lab

The current necessity to over-wash hands, is likely taking a toll, and, like many, your hands are probably dry, irritated and sore as a result.  Natural emollients to the rescue! As part of our 4 part wellness series, our application chemists have assembled 11...

Combatting Dryness from Increased Hand Washing

Dry hands? To help curb the spread of COVID-19 people are handwashing and sanitizing more frequently. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend hand washing with soap and water for at least 20 seconds and...

Extending the shelf life of natural beauty formulations, NATURALLY!

Trends driving demand for Naturals Developing new products that map to ever-evolving consumer demands can be a challenge. Today’s consumers are increasingly turning to personal care products that prioritize natural ingredients over synthetics as part of a larger Clean...

Natural Emollients vs Synthetics?

Using naturals over synthetics is a noble cause but do they work as well?  Consumers today are pushing naturals and clean beauty hard and are increasingly driving demand for natural alternatives to synthetics in beauty products they use. Even so, GCI reported that...

Meadowfoam: The LITTLE flower that’s a BIG deal

A Rotational Crop for Grass Seed In 1985 a small group of Oregon grass seed famers investigated various rotational crops that would provide sustainable, long-term soil health and sustain grass crop quality. Through this investigation, a rotational crop that worked...