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

Liberty Natural

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,

Coop Coco

Make Your Own Buzz

Elska Naturals

Les Ames Fleurs - hydroglycine extracts including marshmallow extract, small selection of preservatives, and even vinegar extracts. Also sells sodium stearate. Based in Canada.

Pure Blend Naturals

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

Australian Wholesale Oils

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

Calmer Solutions

Naturally Balmy - lots of ingredients

Bomar Ireland - wide selection

Elixarome - fragrances, essential oils and flavourings 

 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 Brambleberry fragrances

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