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I love whipped butters and I love pumpkin seed oil, so it’s a natural progression to combine the two in an awesome product designed to help with any dry skin issues that might arise for me during the autumn and winter. This is a dry feeling butter that completely melts on skin contact. It feels...
It’s autumn in Canada, which means the leaves are turning all kinds of shades of orange before they fall off, the squirrels in my yard are collecting their winter nuts from under my walnut tree, and the air is getting slightly nippier. It also means pumpkin spiced everything everywhere you go. In tribute to the...
In the WTHDIBT&WCIDWI Wednesday thread, a few suggestions were made for ingredients we’ve already used, but let’s take a look other ways to use foaming silk protein! (Click on that thread to make your own suggestion!) Kathy Q mentioned foaming silk protein (INCI: Sodium Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Silk Protein) as a potential why did I buy...
If you’re following along, we’ve made a few different versions of eye gels that might be soothing, astringent, anti-inflammatory, and generally awesome for our eyes. Take a look at the previous posts below… Gels (revised for 2013) Gels: Formulating an eye gel – version 1 Gels: Formulating an eye gel – version 2 Gels: Formulating...
WHEN SHOULD I ADD MY VITAMIN E AND ESSENTIAL OILS TO MY PRODUCTS?In this post on anti-oxidants, Rachel asks: Can you please let me know at what temp you would add Vitamin E and EOs to your lotion bar? I added Vit E at 65˚C and it started to set around the globules and was...