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It looks like Snapguide is no more so the visual tutorial that was here is gone forever. Please enjoy the guide on this Newbie Tuesday post on making a lotion for the first time. If you’re a complete newbie, I hope this helps you dive in and try it for the first time. If you’ve made...
ALTERING THE pH OF OUR PRODUCTSIn the Weekend Wonderings comment post, Liz asks: First off I have to say your blog is so informative- you are my bath and body hero! And I have a question for you, with summer coming up I wanted to make a sunless tanning lotion. I bought some Dihydroxyacetone and Erythrulose...
In this post on solid scrub bars, Julia asks: I love this scrub bar, but so far I have always made it without sodium lacate. Which is fine until it reaches about 27˚C, it starts getting soft and mushy. So I want to add the sodium lactate. Problem I’ve run into: It is 60% Salt to...
I mentioned in this post on Friday that cetyl alcohol isn’t an emulsifier. I want to mention it again. It really isn’t an emulsifier. It will not bring together water and oil. It is an oil, so if you mix it with a water soluble ingredient or into a water soluble product, it will eventually...
I have to confess I’m surprised at the lack of curiosity from some of the readers of this site. I link constantly in the posts I write, and I can’t believe how many comments or e-mail messages I see asking me questions that could have been answered by clicking on one of those links. (I’m...