Apr 28, 2021

What is the difference between “100% organic,” “organic,” and “made with organic ingredients”? Is there even a difference? Learn what full-chain traceability means and how CBD (and CBD-infused products) can, in fact, qualify as “organic.” In this episode of ASCP Esty Talk, we explore the stringent world...

Apr 21, 2021

What do nuclear forensics and CBD have in common? Separations! While they’re not exactly the same, there are similarities. Extraction is a method of separating specific compounds from plant material (biomass) to be used in formulations. Estheticians and skin care professionals may have heard a lot about extraction...

Apr 14, 2021

You might think a fondness for recreational cannabis products and desire to turn that passion into profit would be most people’s initial motivation for starting a CBD skin care company. But such is not the case for Karina Perez-Marconi, the founder of Antedotum. In this episode of ASCP Esty Talk, Karina shares how...

Apr 7, 2021

Clarification of the Farm Bill in 2018 meant we saw a rush of CBD-infused products everywhere, from the gas station to the med spa! There were a handful of brave companies that led the charge, fighting against stigmas and even the obstacles of banking and advertising. These companies knew this ingredient, from a...