Welcome to Day 20 of the 30 Days to Become a Better Cosmetic Chemist series

This 30 day challenge is all about giving you lessons and basic exercises that will improve your abilities as a cosmetic chemist.  

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In this episode
In today's program we're going to talk about raw materials, ingredient lists, and what you can learn from them. We'll be covering exactly how you can create a close approximation of any formula just by using their ingredient list.

In this episode you'll find:

Six step method for analyzing an ingredient list
Where to find ingredient lists for products
Figuring out which ingredients are important
Finding the 1% line
Guessing the level of ingredients in the formula
Including important low-level secondary ingredients
Making your new prototypes

Today's challenge
Follow the 6 steps and see if you are able to create a reasonable duplicate.

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My two favorite places to find LOIs is Drugstore.com and Ulta.com