Potcast 166: Greatest Hits - Shopping for CBD and THC-Infused Skincare Products
Understand the real topical benefits of THC and CBD, so you don't overpay for hemp and cannabis-infused skincare products. Don't miss this Greatest Hits potcast if you're considering expensive CBD products from a multi-level marketing company. Explore the shopping tips below to get the most bang for your buck no matter if you're buying hemp-based CBD or cannabis-infused products.
‘After the Show’ Notes
This Greatest Hits Potcast Features Two of My Scientist Gal Pals:
Dr. Monica Vialpando is a pharmaceutical development scientist and principal at Via Innovations, a boutique natural product development consultancy. In addition to earning a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Leuven, Belgium, she brings seven years of pharmaceutical industry experience, four years of vaping (nicotine) experience, and three years of cannabis product development experience. Dr. V helps a variety of US, UK, European, and Asia-based companies develop both strategy and products in a rapidly changing market. Her development portfolio includes immediate and modified release oral tablets, sublingual tablets, dry powders and nebulized solutions for inhalation, nicotine and cannabis vape products and topicals. Dr. V also conducts independent research on the formulation of skin care products using unique, all-natural ingredients.
Connect on Instagram: @mon_vial | On LinkedIn
Green Bee Botanicals was founded by Bridget May, a botanist and chemist who left the pharmaceutical industry to pursue her passion for cannabis medicine. Bridget has first-hand experience with the healing powers of cannabis, as well as the medicinal properties and science of herbal medicine.
Learn more about her new line of potent pain-relieving topicals and cannabis-infused skin care delights at GreenBeeBotanicals.com.
Connect on FB + IG: @greenbeebotanicals | Connect on Twitter @gbbotanicals | On LinkedIn
CORRECTION FROM BRIDGET: “I called the growth on my face a keratinocyte which is basically the outermost layer of cells on your skin. What I meant to say was Actinic keratoses, which is the abnormal scaly growth that can turn into pre-cancer.” -Bridget
Be a Savvy Shopper
If you’re considering a higher-priced CBD or THC-infused product we want you to get what you pay for!
Does the product use full-spectrum hemp or cannabis? The entourage effect is good and is more impactful than using isolate. If you can use whole plant medicine, do it!
What is the cannabinoid (CBD/THC) concentration (mg/mL)? Use a converter app if you need to convert ounces to milliliters to figure out the concentration.
When you know the milliliters of liquid get our your calculator to determine the cannabinoid concentration: X milligrams of CBD/THC divided by X milliliters of liquid
Are the ingredients natural and organic to warrant a higher price?
Is there a special formulation technology used to increase performance (i.e. water solubility)?
Is the product packaged in glass instead of plastic? Is the glass tinted to protect from the light?
Hemp seed oil has a three- to six-month shelf life and needs preservatives added to the formulation or it will go rancid. Rancid oil adds free radicals right on your skin! :(
HEMP SEED OIL DOES NOT CONTAIN CANNABINOIDS. If you’re buying a product that claims to contain CBD but lists hemp “SEED” oil as the active ingredient you’re getting bamboozled. The hemp seed contains zero CBD.
Study sunscreen before you buy! Choose a sunscreen with “broad spectrum” protection and a “sun protection factor” of 30+. Understand SPF, UVA, and UVB.
Cannabis-Infused Skin Care Helping Your Body Heal Itself.
Learn about Green Bee Botanical’s skin line that launched in May 2019. You’ll find Green Bee products in 60+ California cannabis dispensaries & delivery services. See which dispensaries carry it here.
Via Innovations specializes in science-based strategies to facilitate and enable product development, throughout its lifecycle from concept through product launch. Via provides expertise in technology development, product development, and regulatory strategies to effectively and efficiently develop your product.
Via Innovations’ patent-pending nanotechnology converts difficult to handle cannabis extracts into free-flowing powders with rapid and/or sustained onset of effects.
Via Innovations has developed a catalog of formulations across multiple routes of administration that are available for licensing under your brand. The comprehensive knowledge transfer package includes all of the necessary “know-how” for production that was captured during their extensive R&D process.
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MJ Relief is the CBD muscle rub I co-created with Dr. V, my cannabis soul sister and formulation scientist. I can't tell you how many hurdles I've jumped trying to get this to market. I'll record a potcast about it soon. 😬✌️ Purchase here. Or become a wholesale partner: mjskinrelief.com.