What does “natural” mean? An example…

I had a magnificent breakfast at Cookie’s Diner in Chilliwack the other day, and found a bottle of St Ives lotion in the bathroom. It had the words “100% natural moisturizers” on the bottle, so you know I had to look at the ingredient list. (The actual product was aloe & chamomile, but I couldn’t...

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Newbie Tuesday: Creating a body oil

Making a body oil is quite simple – pour some oils together in a container, mix, add a fragrance, put in bottle, rejoice! The only really difficult bit is choosing the right oils for the job! As we saw in last week’s Newbie Tuesday (testing our oils), each oil brings something different to the moisturizing...

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OroGold wants promotion!

I can’t believe it’s only been a few days since I told spammers I would pick apart their products and tell my readers how to make them, but here we are with another spammer. And this one is rich, I tell you! OroGold Cosmetics decided to pay me a visit by spamming this post, so...

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(Long) Weekend Wonderings: How to heat and hold on a stove, substituting surfactants. and where contaminants in our products arise?

HOW TO HEAT AND HOLD ON A STOVE?In this post, Love writes: I know that heating and holding is very important but how can I control that the heat won’t go above 70˚C? On my stove, which is a generic stove, there are 3 different settings (1, 2 and 3). The problem however is that there’s no...

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