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In this post on facial cleansers, Esther asks: I’m interested to put this into a foamer bottle. How much extra water would you add in that case? If you want to put a surfactant blend into a foamer bottle, in general, you’ll want to add double the amount of water to the mix to make...
I hate cleaning up after super happy fun crafting time in my workshop, but it’s made much easier by using my cleansers with d-Limonene. This fancy sounding ingredient is orange oil – you’ve seen the ads for cleaners with this stuff before – and it’s a fantastic way to cut through grease from your oil...
My best friend and I resolve to try two new things a year, and we always have great fun. Trying two new things lead to me taking chemistry for the first time, going river rafting, lifting weights at the gym, taking singing lessons…and so on. I had to throw away my fears and just go...