New Recipe Feature ~ This is an exciting development for Soapcraft Aromatics & More. Most of our recipes have bought over from the old site Aromatics and More. The original recipes were developed by Rebecca Midkiff our old owner who now owns DIY Cosmetics from the USA. Rebecca has given me her kind permission to [...]
What you need to know about making hair care products.
Making Shampoos Instructions How to Make Hair Care Products General Instructions, Suggestions and Tips ©2004 Aromatics & More Ltd. This information is supplied for you to use and can only be reprinted of published with permission of the author. Maintaining a head of healthy, attractive hair has been a priority of all cultures worldwide. Beautiful [...]
Basic Mild Shampoo
© Aromatics & More Ltd. Basic shampoo is chemical preservative free, fragrance free, ethoxylate free, sulphate free and safe for children and adults alike. It is gentle on the skin and hair and won’t leave either feeling dry afterwards. All the ingredients have either a Green Code of 3 or 4 making it 100% plant [...]
Vitamin Enriched Shampoo with Botanicals
The addition of Provitamin B5 plus our special botanical complex makes this a high end luxurious shampoo that will make you feel like you have a full head of hair. Nettle will increase the circulation, horsetail adds thickness and gloss, burdock root is full of trace minerals and will keep the scalp from scaling, and [...]
Hair Growth Tonic
Scalp Tonic for Hair Growth Ingredient % of Total by Weight Function Pure Distilled Water 91 Diluetent Provitamin B5 3 Active Hair Growth Blend 3 Active-Preservative Polysorbate 20 3 Emulsifier 100 Instructions This shampoo may be made in a single vessel. Measure your purified (preferably distilled water) into a clean container and add your Pro-Vitamin [...]
Lotions, Creams and Emulsions
All or any part of this article is not to be copied or reprinted without the express permission of the author for commercial purposes: soapcraft@xtra.co.nz If you are a newcomer to making your own cosmetics, first read our information and instructions on Making Lotions and Creams and also Preservatives. After you have digested this our [...]
How To Understand Preservatives and their Actions
Microbiological contamination in a finished product can be dangerous to your health and to the health of your friends family and customers not to mention the cost of fixing the problem if it is yours to financially fix. The types of ingredients we use in personal care products can make them a wonderful breeding ground [...]


