Blog posts

• October 22, 2018 Kaila Westerman, TKB Trading, LLC

  Working with "% by Weight" in a recipe

  We get this question a lot:
  

  "I'm looking to make the sparkle body balm, but I don't understand this whole % by weight thing..? Can you convert it to grams or something?"

  Here is our answer:

  It isn't necessary to convert to grams.  Let's say the recipe is:

  10% powder

  30% liquid

  60% secret ingredient.

  
  

  The recipe always adds up to 100%.

  
  

  So, to make a 100 gram recipe, you would just do

  10 grams powder

  30 grams...

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• October 18, 2018 Nicole Valdespino

  Increase Lip Gloss wear-resistance with new Citrine Clear Wax

  

  We are often asked how to make the Tkb Gloss Base (formerly known as Versagel) more resistant to being wiped off the lips. The best ingredient to accoplish this is a wax and we are happy to recommend our new: Citrine Clear Wax!

  
  

  Here is how we found that works best: To 1 gram of TKB Gloss Base, you will want to add from 10%-20% (by weight) of the wax. The more you add, the stronger the fix on the...

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• October 3, 2018 Kaila Westerman, TKB Trading, LLC

  Announcing a site-wide price increase of 10%

  

  
  
  
  

  In its 20+ years in business, TKB has rarely raised its prices.   

  However, increasing material costs, tariffs against Chinese imports to the US, and increases to transportation and labor (you know the drill), well, they all combine to force a serious and complete assessment of the situation.

  After much analysis, we have decided to implement a company-wide price increase of 10% on all products,...

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