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Hey everyone! We’re away on holidays until Friday enjoying the lovely city of Portland before we go on to our camping site on the Oregon coast! We hope you’re enjoying your last week of summer before school (at least in our part of the world, and if the teachers and government end this darned school...
Another week, another batch of wonderful reviews from you, my fantastic readers! What’s all this about, then? If you write a review of a recipe on this blog, I’ll enter your name into a draw to win one of two e-books every Saturday! But much like last week, the reviewers did such a wonderful job and...
I love making lotions, but I really hate the greasy mess that I have to clean up afterwards, so I turn to my favourite degreasing ingredient – d-Limonene! This solvent derived from citrus fruit can cut through the greasiest mess on your dishes and utensils! It’s a really simple formula Just make sure you follow the...
On Tuesday we figured out how to make a apres shaving spray with cucumber extract and minimally processed ingredients, and we created the recipe on Wednesday. I thought today could be about modifying that product. Please note, these modifications will work for a variety of products, including lotions, body washes, toners, and other things you...
Yesterday we took a look at the ingredients we could use in an apres shaving spray made from minimally processed ingredients, so it’s about darned time we wrote up a recipe for this product! CUCUMBER & PEPPERMINT APRES SHAVING SPRAY HEATED WATER PHASE 58% distilled water 20% witch hazel 10% peppermint hydrosol 2% sodium PCA...