What's New at TKB Trading

The Traditional Chinese herb, and star ingredient of Volufiline, Zhi Mu (Anemarrhena Asphodeloides root), is apparently •only• ever extracted into this specific oil, (& sometimes alcohol).
My plan is to make a percolated fluid extract with the dried root, finely ground, and 190 proof ethanol (cheap everclear).
Then, after making this excessively potent extract, i'm going to put the beaker on a coffee-warmer (which can maintain temps of ~100°F) and evaporate the ethanol off as i slowly add the HPIB.
As i'm sure you're aware, ethanol's boiling point (or at least, it's steaming point) is around 72°F.
Anyway, the entire reason I am doing this is because Volufiline is one of the most expensive actives I've ever worked with. Amazon sells bottles for, basically, a dollar per milliter! Which is only around twenty drops or so.
Doing it this way will be a great learning experience and so far, the raw materials have not cost much.
The hydrogenated polyisobutene from TKB arrived super fast, was packaged securely. It's excellent quality and very reasonably priced.
TKB always has the ingredients that are difficult for a home formulator to source. And for that, i'm forever grateful.

Wonderful color. Works perfectly with what i plan on using it for! I came back and bought this three separate times!!

I can't wait to try it when I begin making my lip gloss!

Smells so good I even smelled it outside of the packaging. I can't wait to try it when I begin making my lip gloss!

Smells so I even smelled it outside of the packaging!

TDK always gives great products and service.

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Stellar Lake Colorants! I've never seen a U.S. supplier with the color availability like TKB. I've testing all the colors in bath bombs and they provide a saturated color and they blend together beautifully. Red 33 is a gorgeous, deep purple-red.

Bright and beautiful

Love the colors

Wonderful

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Love the rich colors

I’ve used these products years ago and still love the vibrant colors.

Shipping, this came so much faster than I expected and the items were well packaged and protected!