The home of SwiftCraftyMonkey Formulating Inc.! Join Susan as she obsesses about cosmetic chemistry and other things (some possibly related to monkeys). Often strange, occasionally useful, and always worth a stop as a point of interest on your journey through the Intertron.
In the why did I buy that post (either this one or the other), I’ve noticed requests for ingredients for which I’ve already written posts. So here are a few posts you might have missed… Decyl glucoside (click, and scroll down a bit) is a very mild non-ionic cleanser that works well as both a...
This has been one annoying cold. I lie down and I think, hey, I’m feeling good, let’s go do somewhere or do something! Then I sit up and a few minutes later I’m feeling quite tired. I don’t think it’s a cold, though. I have some congestion, but it’s mostly just exhaustion, headache, backache, muscle...
I love working with surfactants and I thought I’d offer a few recipes in which you could include SCS-CAB blend. I haven’t made these actual creations myself as I don’t have any SCS-CAB blend and using SCS and CAB in a recipe won’t have the same effect, but I have no hesitation in sharing them...
The Vancouver Canucks lost the Stanley Cup. Cue the riots. Cue the idiots standing in front of a flaming car throwing horns while their friend takes a picture with his smart phone. Cue the tipped over port-a-potties and destruction of the windows and looting at The Bay on the corner of Georgia and Granville. And...
I hate colds! I turn into a grumpy, whiny, snivelling mess unfit for human consumption! For this reason, I shall likely be post-less for the next few days. I realize this last month or so has been really chaotic, but it's almost back to normal. If you, my wonderful readers, can indulge me for another...