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Two of the more popular posts on the blog are the Duplicating Products: Lush’s After Life moisturizer (part one) and (part two) posts, and one of the more popular topics is how to duplicate products. I’m not planning on getting into duplicating products for the blog again – although I’ll always post those I’m working on to give...
I’ve never used one of these before, but my friends and kids in the groups are very interested in this eye liner sealant product. It can be used to seal mineral make-up or eye liner. The point is to keep these products on your eyes throughout the day. When I want to duplicate a product...
I’m still on holiday time until September 10, so I had some time in my workshop today with more to come as the week progresses. A few pictures of what fun I had today including a new variation on my usual bubble bath, fun with a new Ecocert emulsifier, large batches of my rinse off...
In this post, Monday Wonderings, eeting asks this question: I need help with troubleshooting an oil-free moisturizer (modified from Susan’s) and was hoping someone can enlighten me. Recipe:HEATED WATER PHASEWater 30%, Aloe Juice 50%, Sodium lactate 2%, Green tea extract 5%, Hydrolysed Oats 2%, Sea Kelp Bioferment 5% (Preserved with: Phenoxyethanol, Chlorphenesin, Sodium Dehydroacetate). HEATED OIL PHASEBTMS conditioning emulsifier 3%, Cetyl alcohol 2%.COOL...
In this post on making a body butter, Tessa asks: Why is glycerin part of the water phase and not of the oil phase? What happens if I increase the percentage of glycerin? If I’m going to make castor oil and mineral oil, vitamin E and titanium dioxide part of the recipe, in which phase do I...