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Arm in Cage Testing
For the formulators, lab techs, and curious minds out there — here’s a look behind our curtain. Our chemist, Daniel Traynor, puts our encapsulated bug repellent to the test in the lab using his own arm as bait . Real testing. Real results. No shortcuts. And talk about dedication to the cause… By evaluating performance in-house first, we were able to see how the formulation behaved and establish a clear benchmark before sending it out for third-party testing. The result? An al
Lex Oswin
Mar 161 min read


Common Challenges with Active Ingredients
Universal performance challenges across actives like essential oils, synthetic actives, fragrances, and volatile functional ingredients include: Here’s how we’ve solved these issues: Rapid Evaporation? ✓Solved. Encapsun’s controlled-release encapsulation protects essential oils and delivers sustained performance over time. Evaporation testing shows that unencapsulated essential oils dissipate quickly, while Encapsun-encapsulated oils release gradually — extending performance
Lex Oswin
Feb 191 min read
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