In this post I am going to be sharing, the top ten ingredients everyone should have. These are basic ingredient. No Opti blur here. They are common ingredient that will always use and you will find that you will always have to repurchase. You will at least use or two of these ingredients in almost every recipe. From body lotions, to salves, to oil cleansers. Obviously you are not going to be using a preservative for a salve but, in other combinations of the ingredients you will. For example, using water, glycerin, emulsifying wax, jojoba oil and a preservative and you have a face or a body lotion. Lotions need preservative. If you are confused I talked about it in another post. (Water Based Products What do I need to know? + How to Convert Formulations into grams and How to Scale Them.) So these ten ingredient are very versatile and truly a must have. For other formulators it may differ. It is like asking an artist for their favorite paint colors, it depends on the work and what you have been exposed to. Enough rambling. Let's begin!