Month: September 2014

The facial products e-book is done!

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The facial products e-book is done! Woo! It’s 399 pages long – over 160,000 words! – and has more recipes than I can count for moisturizers, toners, cleansers of all types, scrubs, eye gels, facial sera, and more, as well as entries for extracts, preservatives, surfactants, cosmeceuticals, emulsifiers, thickeners, anti-oxidants, and essential oils, with a...

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Weekend Wonderings: Which humectants wash off skin or hair easily? What’s the best way to make a label?

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In this post, Better crafting through chemistry, Anna asks: Do you know which humectants except for glycerin doesn´t wash off? Hydrolyzed proteins? Hyaluronic acid? Different quats? Great question! I have read that sodium lactate and sodium PCA wash off, but I’ve not heard that glycerin washes off. Hydrolyzed proteins and cationic polymers are substantive, meaning they...

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Write a review! Win an e-book! Here are this week’s winners!

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A few weeks ago, I asked you to submit your reviews of recipes on this blog for a chance to win an e-book! And review you have! A huge, giant, massive thanks to those of you who have offered your thoughts and recipes with me and the readers of this blog. A big thanks to...

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Weekend Wonderings: Making a coconut oil whipped butter? How to use preneutralized carbomer?

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In this post on whipped butters, Selah asks:  I would like to make a whipped body butter with just these ingredients: coconut oil, beeswax, vitamin e oil and essential oils. Would you happen to know a good ratio to use for a whipped body butter like that? FWIW: I made one yesterday that had a slightly too...

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I’m teaching at Voyageur again this season!

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I had such a good time teaching at Voyageur last year, I thought I should do it again! I’ll be teaching classes based on my four e-books – Back to Basics, anhydrous products; Hair Care Products, shampoo, conditioner, and leave in conditioner; Lotion Making 101, with lotions and creams; and Facial Products (coming shortly), with...

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