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Glad to know I'm not the only one here. Proudly Nigerian. I can say that Tara is doing a great thing here.

Great job Tara.. I'm Timi from Nigeria

Thank God, other Nigerians are here. She is surperb.

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You should watch Cassandra bankson, dr dray, and hyram for more info ♥️

@@yourlocalwalmartshopper Thsnk you I will do, I've made a few of my own products but I'm always open to new knowledge 😌 ❤

@@Haleema_21 tell me if it helps

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I have actually thought about doing one over carrier oils, but there are just so many out there I feel like it would be an over whelming video. lol but I still may do it some time :) thanks for the suggestion! glad you enjoy my content :)

There’s independent schools, but if you’re in a university it’ll be best to go the bio Chem route, but you’ll still need to speak with teachers.

They have cosmetic formulation courses as well

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Thank you Tara for these videos. Like really!

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Yep! Because your product can still get contaminants from other things for example your hand when u dip fingers in your product, or from your other ingredients or even your packaging... especially if your product has water content in it.

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I have a Patreon where I do that. 😊 I also post two exclusive videos on there every month. www.patreon.com/taraleee

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Working on it 😉

I second this question!

Take the % of the ingredient and divide by the total size of your batch to get the number of grams or ounces needed of that ingredient.

​@@Stephanie_Sharer so when making a btach in grams can i convert ounces to grams? for example a 4oz bottle is 113.4 grams so i will use 113.4 g as my batch size and caculate all my percents for the batch of 113.4 would that be correct?

take the ph of your finished product and if you need to raise the ph raise it and if it needs lowered then lower it. but you need to make sure the ingredients you are using are active in whatever ph level you formulate your product to. for example alpha hydroxy acids need to be in a formulation with a ph of 3.5-4 and something like niacinamide needs to be at a ph of around 6 I believe. I have a video all about how to raise and lower ph levels - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oLOGmpefmdubpYk.html

@@TaraLeee thanks you really are helpful. I will be watching your PH balancing video.

it’s important to keep it at 100% for the safety of ingredients and the ability to easily scale up and down the formula.

so yes, it it equals 115% you need to remove something to make it 100%

thank you so much!

This is the struggle I am having. I cannot figure it out 😩

I think she said it depends on the ingredients you are using , they mostly have a suggested usage %

@@ZamashengeFufutjieButhelezi thank you. Times has passed now and I figured it all out now. Appreciate your help.

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It means the total percentage is 100 percent. It depends on how much u wanna make a batch. For example you wanted to make 100 grams batch, 100% of 100 grams is 100 grams. So if the formula calls for 80% water... you have to add 80% x 100 gram which is 80 gram water when youre making the cosmetic...

@Purrciouspaws So let me get this straight- if I have all my ingredients and all my recommended usage rates for each ingredient and my batch size is 120g I would multiply each percent for each ingredient and multiply that by 120g(my batch size) to get my grams for each ingredient and then add all of my percentages to equal 100%? And if it doesn’t equal 100% I’ll need to adjust my percentages accordingly.

@@vaslim1711 i dont think i really understand what you are saying, probably because english is not my first language. If your point is you wanna know how many grams per ingredients you needed in your formulation so you can achieve 100%, then yes 1. You should know each usage rates of ingredients 2. Try to add all of the rates and make sure the total percentages is 100% 3. If not, adjust it so you can achieve 100% total 4. Decide how big of batch you wanna make, ie. 100 grams lotion. 5. Look at the each percentages of the ingredients ie. The lotion ingredients is 80% water, 5% e.wax, 15% oil then to know how many grams you should add water is 80/100 (stands for 80%) x (multiply) 100 (stands for 100 grams batch) = 80 gram (of water needed in formula), 5/100 x 100 = 5 grams of e wax, 15/100 x 100 = 15 grams of oil. When you add 80%+5%+15% its equal 100. So is 80g+5+15 equal the batch size you wanna make which is 100 g. I hope im making sense here and help you a little!

@purrciouspaws oh thank you so very very much! You understand and answered my question very well. I’ve been reading and researching, and watching videos and trying to communicate with those in the cosmetic/ formulating world and I’ve been coming up empty on this pressing question for me. Thank you again! Have a wonderful day!

@@vaslim1711 My pleasure dear. You too, good luck!🤗