An aside…Leave-in conditioners become facial moisturizers

This is a picture of my sprayable serum (left) and my sprayable lotion (right). I wouldn’t put a facial moisturizer in a spray, because getting sprayed in the face isn’t that pleasant when it’s gooey. I do like a toner in a spray bottle, though.  When I’m formulating a facial moisturizer, I generally start off...

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An aside…Leave-in conditioners become light lotions with extracts and hydrosols

Yesterday we took a look at making a light, sprayable lotion using BTMS as our emulsifier. Today we’ll take that basic recipe and add a few ingredients that might help with some of the issues we encounter in the summer time! Summer means heat, so I like to modify my lotions to be less occlusive...

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An aside…Leave-in conditioners become light lotions

You may remember way back when I started this series on conditioners, I mentioned that making a conditioner is a bit like making a lotion. You have a heated oil phase, a heated water phase, and a cool down phase. You’re making an emulsion with the BTMS or cetrimonium bromide. So let’s take a look at...

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Question: What next?

As we move into the lazy summer months, when I generally have more time to write and experiment, I’m wondering what you want to know? What interests you at the moment? I’ll be writing a few more posts on how to use conditioning emulsifiers in other creations, and then a short series on nail care...

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We’re back (well, yesterday)!

Well, that was a great camping trip! (I don’t have many photos as Cameron took most of them, so here’s one of our site with Wanda and Raymond making breakfast!) We left on Sunday, arrived Sunday night around 6:00 or so, and the fun began. We spent Monday swimming, then went into Spokane on Tuesday...

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