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.
I had such a blast at the Handmade Soap & Cosmetics Guild’s conference in Las Vegas last week with Jen from Lotioncrafter, who sponsored my workshop, and my husband, Raymond! It was an absolute honour to present a workshop there on facial moisturizers – and if you enjoyed it, don’t forget to tell them so...
I receive a newsletter every once in a while from a company called David’s Tea, and I thought we could analyze the recipe they’re calling a green tea infused coconut moisturizer* for some fun! The recipe, which they state has a shelf life of two weeks, is as follows… 2 Perfect Spoonfuls of Japanese Sencha tea...
Wow, that was one heck of a conference in Las Vegas through the Handmade Soap & Cosmetics Guild! I presented two demos of facial moisturizers to a room of at least 100 people – and more during the first one – which was so much fun and resulted in the hashtags #ducks are evil and...
Wow! There’s so much to see and do here at the 2017 conference for the Handcrafted Soap & Cosmetics Guild in Las Vegas! I had a blast with my workshop yesterday, making lotions using Simulgreen 18-2 and Aristoflex AVC, making an oil serum filled with all kinds of goodies like pomegranate oil and chia seed...