Guide to conjugated fatty acids in oils ranging from pomegranate to bitter gourd oil. Learn how the shape of fatty acids determines how oils feel on the skin.

Quickly reference the many oils dominant in polyunsaturated fatty acids high in LA, LNA and GLA. Find oils for facial oil formulations, skin repair and high value oils.

Oleic dominant oils are the workhorse in your botanical oil collection. This reference guide gives you quick access to oleic dominant oils for face and body care, infusing and base oil blends. 

Find anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory lipid oils quickly for healing focused formulas and topical skincare applications. 

Compare pie charts and skin benefits for a wide range of plant butters across multiple families to create unique body care products with butters including mowrah, cupuacu, shea kapangnan and many more. 

Your fatty acid cheat sheet and quick reference guide. Print out a copy and keep it close at hand as you work up new formulas to cross reference fatty acids and create balanced skincare. 

Quickly find and compare fatty acid profiles and other data from oils in the rose family including plum kernel oil, strawberry seed oil, rosehip, pear and more.

Amaranth, oat, rice bran, oils from the grain family are rich in beneficial skin nutrients including squalene.

The palm family, palm oil controversy and the many types of oil producing plants (14 in all) in the palm family including coconut oil, tucuma, murumuru & babassu.

Sacha inchi oil, kukui nut oil and castor oil 

Pumpkins, watermelon, cucumber, gourds and even loofah oil, lipid oils from this family are an important part of your formulating toolbox.

From common soy to the skin superstar pracaxi oils in the legume family cover a wide range of skincare uses. Includes fatty acid profiles and pie charts for all 6 oils in the legume family.

Sacha inchi oil, kukui nut oil and castor oil might not seem related but they all belong to the same family! and that means they have similar characteristics. 

Find all the daisy family oils in one spot from sunflower seed oil to lettuce seed oil (ya lettuce seed oil!) and compare fatty acid profiles. Includes data on manipulated oils

Carrot, coriander, parsley this small family has some unique lipid oils with unique fatty acids and skin benefits. These oils are new in the lipid world though their essential oil counterparts have been around for a long time. 

Tomato seed oil, mallow, borage seed oil and cactus including prickly pear all come from small families. But these oils are an important part of formulating and skincare.

Reference skin barrier function, ceramides, the relationship between the skin, sun and oil and how essential fatty acids make a difference in skincare and health. 

Botanical oils vary tremendously depending on the level of refining. In this visual reference guide look up and compare oils to see the range of pigments and refining. 

Oils, saponification and the unique alchemy of how oils turn into soap. Learn how to make simple, oil-rich soap with a wide range of lipid oils. 

The unsaponifiables in lipid oils is a big subject and the research is new and emerging all the time. Anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals and plant compounds make up the unsaponifiables in botanical oils.