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Never underestimate the power of fragrance! I know there are certain things that remind me of the smell of the perm solution in the hair dressing shop in the mall that closed when I was maybe 6 years old and other things that make me want to take on the world. Those of us who...
You’ll notice there are actually two areas of contamination in the product. The first is the great big green spot on the left side, but did you notice the brown-y orange streak to the right hand side of that on the side of the jug? Yep, there’s a little more contamination for you! I made...
There’s a concept I like to call the six ingredient lotion, and I encourage you to try it if you’re new to the fantastic world of lotions! It’s a really great way to learn what each ingredient brings to the product while making something awesome. Here’s why I’m suggesting that every homecrafter from the never-made-anything-before...
I’ve been getting lots of e-mail from people about calculating recipes in grams or ounces or percentages or volume, so I thought I’d address a few of these questions starting with this one – how big a batch should you make the first time you make something? When I make a product for the first...
Since no one seems to have any ingredients that bewilder them this week, we won’t be enjoying a why the heck did I buy this and what can I do with it Wednesday post. I had thought to write something, but I couldn’t think of an ingredient you might have but not know what to...