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I’m not sure what the weather is like around your house, but it’s getting dry and staticky in the Fraser Valley, and I’m getting tired of getting my flyaway hair caught in doors and clothes and safety belts, so I thought it was time to make myself a thick, rich, and moisturizing winter hair custard!...
I’m back to work tomorrow (Tuesday), and I feel a bit like Roy Baty, the Nexus 7 replicant in Blade Runner. I want more! Good thing I love my job, eh? So I’m trying to get organized for blog stuff as I have less free time! I’m absolutely loving the inspiration I’m getting from you...
In the What do you want to know? post, Nicole asks: I have been searching for reliable information on Walnut Oil, and am wondering if you have formulated with it or have a good source that I could use? My goal is to find out what its components are and what it can do in a...
ARE BATH MELTS SAFE FOR A BABY?In this post Weekend Wonderings, Rosi asks: I just found the bath melt and I was wondering if it is suitable for babies because I would like to make some and give away to a friend who will soon be a mom. My concern is the baking soda and citric...
WHAT IS A PLASTICIZER?In this post on sorbitol, Marjo asks: I am suddenly obsessed with this plasticizer reference… Sorbitol is one of them. I think cyclomethicone is increasing spreadability so that is a plasticizer too? Or do they also need to do film forming? Are there more like these and would we want them to be in a...