- Blending: Mixing multiple ingredients into a smooth, unified formula, commonly used in creating skincare and cosmetics.
- Cold Pressing: Extracting plant oils without heat to retain their natural nutrients and active elements.
- Decoction: Boiling herbs in water to release beneficial compounds, frequently used in herbal treatments.
- Distillation: Purifying liquids through heating and cooling, especially for essential oil extraction.
- Emulsification: Merging oil- and water-based ingredients into a stable blend, essential for creams and lotions.
- Evaporation: Reducing a liquid to concentrate its components, often for making extracts and tinctures.
- Extraction: Drawing out substances from solids or liquids, commonly applied in obtaining plant-based extracts.
- Fermentation: Improving ingredients with controlled microbial activity, used in skincare for added probiotics.
- Filtration: Purifying substances by passing them through a filter to eliminate impurities, often used with oils and extracts.
- Freeze-Drying: A drying method that preserves the natural composition of substances, commonly for botanicals.
- Infusion: Steeping natural materials in water or oil to capture active elements, used in herbal teas and oils.
- Lyophilisation: Another form of freeze-drying that maintains the structure of heat-sensitive ingredients.
- Maceration: Soaking herbs in liquid to draw out active compounds, commonly used in making tinctures and infused oils.
- Micronisation: Reducing particle sizes to improve application and absorption, often used in cosmetic powders.
- Pasteurisation: Heating to eliminate harmful microorganisms, occasionally used in natural beauty formulations.
- Percolation: Extracting compounds by allowing a solvent to filter through a material, often used for herbs.
- Pressing: Applying pressure to release oils or juices from plants and fruits, especially in oil extraction processes.
- Pulverisation: Grinding or crushing substances into fine powders, commonly used in dry herbal preparations.
- Refining: Removing impurities or unwanted elements from substances, often done for oils and extracts.
- Steam Distillation: Extracting essential oils with steam, preserving both scent and therapeutic properties.
- Tincturing: Making tinctures by dissolving substances in alcohol, widely used in herbal preparations.
- Ultrasonic Extraction: Using ultrasonic waves to enhance extraction of plant compounds, a more advanced technique.
- Whipping: Aerating ingredients to achieve light, fluffy textures, frequently used in creams and butters.
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