The home of SwiftCraftyMonkey Formulating Inc.! Join Susan as she obsesses about cosmetic chemistry and other things (some possibly related to monkeys). Often strange, occasionally useful, and always worth a stop as a point of interest on your journey through the Intertron.
It’s true, I tells ya! Learning how to read INCI names will save you time and money on supplies! Sorry for the click-bait name, but I had to get your attention somehow, didn’t I? WHAT IS AN INCI NAME?INCI stands for International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients, which sets out how our ingredients should be named...
If you’ve received any e-books lately, you’ll have received the charts to go with it. But I’m afraid I left out page one on the oil comparison chart! I’m not sure how that happened, but I’d hate for you not to get that information, so please download the revised version now! Thanks to my lovely...
It’s been a crazy time around the Barclay-Nichols household this week, and I haven’t found a good chunk of time to sit down and write a blog post. And the busy will continue for a while as I’m teaching a class at Voyageur Soap & Candle on Saturday, so I won’t get time to do...