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We’ve decided we want to make a facial scrub, but we aren’t yet sure what kind of scrub we want to make or what exfoliants we want to use. Let’s take a look at the different scrubbies we could include in a facial scrub, then take a look at the different kinds of scrubs we...
Rosi suggested we take a look at making some facial scrubs, and I thought we’d start with some oil based scrubs then move to some surfactant based ones after Christmas. As usual, let’s review what we should know before we start! Why use a scrub? What’s the goal of this product? The goal is to...
Did you really think it would be? For my 11th birthday I was given a hard copy version of the Book of Lists 3 in which it was mentioned that the end of the world could happen on December 21, 2012, my 43rd birthday. “Yeah, whatever. I’ll be dead by then.” (I was a nihilistic...
As you probably know, I’ve been really busy over the last few months, and I missed some great comments. I’m going back through the archives to see what I missed…and here are a few that caught my attention! In this post on modifying the eye cream to include different oils, Robert asks: Also, great work...
In this post, Shell asked: Hi, I’m VERY MUCH a newbie to making bath & body products. I would like to give them away as Christmas gifts but I cannot make them the night before… I also would like to tell the recipients of these gifts how long they will last and how to properly take...