Hi there! I am trying to figure out if Airtable will work for me and how to most efficiently set up my base.

I formulate skincare recipes and need to setup a database of ingredients and their properties.

For example in my recipes I use various:

• Oils


• Butters


• Essential Oils etc…

I have some general properties that will fit all ingredients like (anti-aging, comedogenic, non-comedogenic) but I also have some things I want to track that are specific to certain ingredient categories.

So each category above has general and specific properties that I need to track.

What is the best way to do this?

Should each category have a table? re: one for Oils, Butters, Essential Oils?

Could I then search through all of my tables if I am looking for anti-aging ingredients specifically?

Or should I just have one main table and somehow track these specific properties within that one table?

How would I do that?

I would love any help and direction, thank you!

Mindy