Raw Materials

“Turkey Red Oil” (sulfated castor oil – the first synthetic detergent) is one older product that has been used for creating essential oil emulsions. Essential Solubiliser is a modern improvement on Turkey Red Oil, colourless, odourless and is a more effective emulsifier. Essential Solubiliser is based on mild emulsifiers derived from pure Almond and Coconut oils. These emulsifiers are...

Also known as Karite Butter, Shea Butter has been traditionally used for centuries by Africans for its cosmetic and healing properties. Shea is rich in a number of regenerative compounds, including essential fatty acids, triterpenoids, stigmasterol, allantoin (as in Comfrey) and antioxidants, including Vitamin E, beta-carotene (pro-vitamin A) and B-amyrine. Creams and lotions made with Shea...

Panthenol or pro-vitamin B5 can be used in hair conditioners from 0.5% to 2%. Panthenol readily absorbs into the hair, being deposited onto the cuticle and penetrating into the cortex of the hair. This is even more so for bleached or permed hair. It provides benefits such as long lasting moisturisation, imparts lustre, and it has a conditioning effect resulting in easily manageable hair. It...

This is natural Aloe Vera juice that has had most of the water removed by vacuum extraction, so that it is ten times more concentrated in active ingredients. As such, you only need to use 10% of Aloe Vera 10X Concentrate in a formula to have a full strength concentration of active Aloe Vera. Easily added to creams, sprays and the like, Aloe Vera 10x Concentrate has numerous benefits for the skin,...

If you wish to create preparations using Amigel ”from scratch”, we offer Amigel Powder as well. By using 2% of the powder, you will create a thick stable gel. You can choose other ingredients besides water to further customise your own preparation – this could be Aromatic Hydrosols, Aloe Vera Concentrate, herbal extracts and so on. Or create thinner preparations, like pumpable serums. It is...

Amiox is our unique Rosemary extract that is a potent natural antioxidant. Antioxidants are helpful because these molecules ‘mop up’ oxygen and free radicals much more readily than the fatty acids in the oil. By adding only two drops (or 0.05%) of Amiox to every 100mL of vegetable oil, the ‘shelf life’ of the oil can be extended for perhaps another 30% to 40% longer. Amiox is far superior...

This is a naturally derived preservative from grapefruit seeds and pulp that has been in use since the 1970’s. Citricidal works as a benign, hypoallergenic and wide-spectrum preservative in many formulations. This is an unadulterated grapefruit seed extract, it does not contain added synthetic parabens or triclosan, that have been found in some grapefruit and citrus seed extracts. The...

Emulsifying Wax is an effective emulsifier that allows you to easily create stable creams and lotions. There a number of emulsifying waxes available on the market. Some companies attempt to promote their emulsifying wax as “100% natural”, which is simply not true. All emulsifying waxes use one type or other of a semi-synthetic emulsifier. One popular wax uses the problematic sodium lauryl...

“Turkey Red Oil” (sulfated castor oil – the first synthetic detergent) is one older product that has been used for creating essential oil emulsions. Essential Solubiliser is a modern improvement on Turkey Red Oil, colourless, odourless and is a more effective emulsifier. Essential Solubiliser is based on mild emulsifiers derived from pure Almond and Coconut oils. These emulsifiers are...

A fully natural emulsifier consists of natural soy lecithin fractions dispersed in Xanthan gum and Amigel. Another fully natural emulsifier, Lecithin Emulsifier consists of natural soy lecithin fractions dispersed in Xanthan gum and Amigel. Used in the water phase of creams and lotions, it works well with Glyceryl Monostearate or other emulsifiers to make natural creams with the excellent skin...