Notes from the formulation bench

Ingredients, routines and honest limits — written by the people who press the oils and mix the batches.

From the journal

Read before you buy

Ingredients explained plainly, including the ones that do less than the label suggests.

22Mar

Dr Yasmin Chowdhury0 comments

Thinnest to thickest is a good rule with exactly two real exceptions. Everything else is preference.

07Mar

Dr Yasmin Chowdhury0 comments

We sell bakuchiol. We are still not going to tell you it is retinol, because it is not.

18Feb

Marta Oyelaran0 comments

Cold-pressed oils go off. Pretending otherwise is how a face oil starts smelling like crayons.