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Drops of clear and golden serum on round glass plates beside a green leaf

How to Read a Cosmetics Ingredient List

Latin names, the order things are listed in, and what a single word like “fragrance” can stand for.

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An amber glass dropper bottle on a wooden stand, in the shadow of a palm leaf

Marula Oil, From Fruit to Bottle

A summer fruit of the bushveld, and the small kernels inside its stone.

A glass jar of pale butter with a gold spoon, beside white and pink flowers

Shea Butter and Cocoa Butter: How They Differ

One from a savanna nut, one from cacao beans: where they come from, and why one is soft and one is hard.

Three handmade soap bars stood on end on a white linen cloth

Making a Bar of Soap Last

Why bars go soft, and the few habits that keep one going for weeks longer.

A plain white tube of body lotion standing on white linen

How to Read an Ingredient List

The back of the pack tells you more than the front. Here’s where to look.

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