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Bamboo Extract Powder

Stephen Weldon — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 16:38:33 +0000

Whilst famous throughout the world for being panda food, bamboo is also used in a variety of cosmetic applications. Bamboo powder offers formulators some exciting natural functions in makeup, dry shampoo and face mask formulations.

Bamboo powder is lightweight and is able to absorb three times its own weight in oil making it ideal for dry shampoo with improved flowability over typical starch formulations.

This unique natural ability also makes bamboo powder an exciting inclusion in foundation makeup formulations to offer oil absorption properties in dry formulations and also carrier and coverage properties in liquid products.

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Coconut Shell Powder

Stephen Weldon — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 16:23:37 +0000

Sourced from the Nicobar and Andaman Islands, our coconut powder has more uses than just a traditional soap scrub ingredient. Milled to 25 microns in a specialist micronising mill that has the unique ability to produce milled powders to exacting specifications.

Technical Fibres Coconut shell powder is an excellent inclusion into any dry shampoo formulation for dark and brunette hair colours. Colour coupled with good sebum oil absorption capabilities allow for increase performance characteristics over traditional iron oxide coloured starches with the added natural marketing angle.

Technical Fibres coconut shell powder can also be coupled with our Bamboo extract powder to produce a powerful performance product.

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Lemon Peel Powder

Stephen Weldon — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 16:11:19 +0000

Technical Fibres Lemon Peel powder is milled in the UK from dehydrated Turkish lemons. Milled to a fine powder makes this a brilliant inclusion into traditional clay face masks to proved natural healing and soothing properties that lemon peel powder is famous for.

Technical Fibres lemon peel powder can replace traditional Kaolin in clay face masks but coupled with thus wonder clay can offer more benefits within the formulation for example with acne prone skin. Lemon peel powder provides formulations with excellent coverage properties that traditional kaolin alone struggles to achieve.

Technical Fibres can offer coarser grade Lemon peel to provide a gentle exfoliation while the base formulation is being washed off after use.

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Orange Peel Powder

Stephen Weldon — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 15:09:59 +0000

Technical Fibres Orange Peel powder is milled from dehydrated peel which is traditionally used in cooking such delights as Christmas puddings in the UK! This Turkish orange peel has been dehydrated to remove water but is still bursting with Vitamin C. Finely milled in our UK plant this custom milled powder is suitable for a range of cosmetic products from soaps to face masks.

In a traditional clay face mask Technical Fibres Orange Peel Powder can replace traditional Kaolin to produce a final product with excellent coverage and slip characteristics when pair with suitable emollients to add that final quality feel.

Technical Fibres can offer other grades of Orange peel to provide dental exfoliation in the final product.

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Seaweed Powder

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 10:38:36 +0000

Seaweed through history has been used for everything from chewing tobacco to modern day sushi or Welsh Lava bread! Seaweed is an extremely versatile ingredient for cosmetic formulations which has now been micronised for improved coverage whilst providing a silky soft feel.

Technical Fibres ultra fine milled seaweed powder is manufactured from dehydrated Norwegian seaweed. Seaweed is rich in minerals, anti oxidants and vitamins that make a fine powder ideal for face mask and other cream based formulations.

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Rice Powder

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 10:33:30 +0000

Technical Fibres Rice powder is manufactured in our U.K plant for inclusion into a diverse range of formulations with benefits such as formulation thickening, alternative filler in colour cosmetics and sebum absorption in dry shampoo.

Technical Fibres Rice powder can compliment both bamboo and coconut powder to provide a solution to price sensitive formulations in dry shampoo applications.

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