Ingredient Suppliers
U.S. + Canada
Mountain Rose Herbs Mainly essential oils, natural fragrances, herbs and spices.
Formulators Sample Shop - many unusual ingredients extracts, actives, functional ingredients, Markets preservatives from Active Concepts
Ingredients to die for - wide selection of ingredients
Making Cosmetics - www.makingcosmetics.com - wide selection of ingredients
DIY cosmetics - www.diycosmetics.com - wide selection
Wholesale Supplies Plus - wide selection of functional ingredients
Brambleberry - wide selection and great fragrances, many propriety
LotionCrafter - wide selection of functional ingredients, lots of extracts and active ingredients by Lubrizol
TKB trading - primarily colour cosmetic ingredients
The Herbarie - wide selection of ingredients
Majestic Mountain Sage - small selection of ingredients and packaging
New Directions Aromatics - Lot of ingredients
Cosmetic Pigments - makeup ingredients
Camden Grey - Many essential oils and enough functional ingredients to get you started
Karitex - (organic shea butter)
Windy Point Soap, Calgary, AB
Soap and More, Calgary, AB
Saffire Blue, Tillsonburg, ON
Voyageur Soap & Candle, Surrey, BC
Cranberry Lane, Port Coquitlam, BC
Rain Shadow Labs, Oregon,
Les Ames Fleurs - hydroglycine extracts including marshmallow extract, small selection of preservatives, and even vinegar extracts. Also sells sodium stearate. Based in Canada.
Lots of functional ingredients including USP Salicylic acid and Dermofeel PA 30. Based in Canada
Asia-Pacific
Trulux - - Has basically everything
Make it Natural - good selection of most things
Heirloom Bodycare - good selection of standard ingredients and some interesting perfume bottles as well as paperboard tubes.
Sydney Essential Oil Company - Good selection of essential oils as well as base oils, waxes and emulsifiers
New Directions, Australia - good selection of ingredients, holds courses and does stability testing.
Essentially Australia - specialising in native Australian essential and fixed oils.
Essential Oils of Australia - wide selection of essential oils
Auroma - makeup stuff
My Mica Obsession - makeup stuff
Aussie Soap Supplies - a wide selection of ingredients
Mudbrick Herb Cottage - large herb selection
Austral Herbs - a huge range of herbs and botanical powders
Go Native - wide selection of cosmetic ingredients, extracts, essential oils etc based in New Zealand
myskinrecipes - Based in Thailand, a very wide range of ingredients including sunscreen ingredients
Soap Lab Malaysia - classes, starter kits, ebooks and soap/cosmetic formulating ingredients
United Kingdom + Republic of Ireland
Skin and Hair Manufacturing Hub some hard to find active ingredients
The Soapery - sells lots of natural and functional ingredients.
Revega - small selection of functional ingredients and a nice selection of colour cosmetic powders etc
Bay House Ingredients - mainly natural ingredients.
Gracefruit - for fragrances and flavours
Hermitage Oils - essential oils, absolutes, Co2 extracts and perfumery
The Soap Kitchen - everything you could need from essential oils to functional ingredients
Summer Naturals - lots for soap making
Phoenix Products - contract manufacturing and lots of ingredients and chemicals
Naturally thinking - all sorts including stability tests and safety assessments
Herbalveda - interesting veggie oils as well as many floral waxes.
Fresholi - lots of different ingredients
Mystic Moments - Various ingredients from powdered extracts as well as oils, butters, preservatives and emulsifiers.
Aromantic - some interesting ingredients but a bit pricey - has montanov L and montanov 68, different 'natural' preservatives
World of Moulds - soap making moulds
Cosmetic Butters - focussed on cosmetic butters.
The Formulary - variety of hard to find ingredients
Happy Olive - various ingredients
Thorne - mainly bee products like beeswax and honey
Woburn Chemicals - various chemicals and extracts
Naturally Balmy - lots of ingredients
Bomar Ireland - wide selection
Elixarome - fragrances, essential oils and flavourings
Vibe Nation Chemicals - specialising in gums/polymers in small quantities
Europe Mainland
Hekserij - wide array of ingredients from the Netherlands
Aroma Zone - wide selection of ingredients all natural and a great selection of emulsifers and natural pigments. All very small quantities. Based in France
Alexmo Cosmetics - lots of functional ingredients, wide selection of preservatives and emulsifiers. Based in Germany.
Les utiles de Zinette - Enough ingredients to get you started. France
Farmacia Vernile Italian based ingredient supplier that has a good selection of most things.
Behawe Natural Products - a wide selection of ingredients
Glamour Cosmetics Italy - an impressive selection of all ingredients including branded extracts.
Manske - Many ingredients.
Kosmetik Macherei - Translates to ‘Cosmetic Workshop’ and sells a wide selection of natural ingredients as well as courses.
Spinnrad - many ingredients, kits, free recipes
Aliacura - lots of ingredients
Ma Cosmeto Perso - a very wide selection and online workshops
Kosmetische Rohstoffe - wide selection of ingredients
You Wish, Netherlands - a wide array of ingredients including a wide variety of fragrances, soap making and bath bomb ingredients
Zeepwinkel - based in the Netherlands, specialising in soap making and workshops
Tatli Dilimler - wide array of extracts, preservatives and emulsifiers including Montanov 68
Naturalne, Poland Sells a wide variety of natural ingredients
India
Moksha Lifestyle - A lot of oils, fragrances, and hydrosols
Vijay Impex - Soap making, Extracts, herbal and fruit powders, a wide range of preservatives, clays, non natural emulsifying waxes (E-Wax)
Soapy Twist - wide range of ingredients including a few emulsifiers
Soaptopia - Various botanical and functional ingredients including some emusifiers and cleansing surfactants
The Art Connect - mainly cosmetic waxes
Waylink International - cosmetic raw materials and herbs
Ases Chemical Works - has a wide selection of preservatives, only one emulsifier but all in all, everything you need to get started, even some free formulations
Skynn Glo3 Sells a wide range of natural/organic ingredients - most of the emulsifiers used in Botanical Formulations recipes, and wide selection of other functional ingredients
Africa
Belle Naturals - based in Lagos, Nigeria. Has extracts, oils and waxes
Isivuno Naturals - Based in South Africa. They stock a few emulsifiers and a wide variety of extracts, hydrosols, speciality ingredients, clays, powers and waxes
Omag, Nigeria - Selection of ingredients including herbs and extracts, some natural and non natural functional ingredients and actives
Elsie Organics, Nigeria - everything to get you started
Tidesmark, Nigeria - lots of speciality ingredients and some free recipes