Month: July 2018

Subscribers’ Q&A: Why does my hair feel nicer with shampoo bars? And why can’t we use Incroquat BTMS-50 in a liquid shampoo?

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In the June Q&A, Melanie asked: I have a question about shampoo. I have been making your basic shampoo recipe. I then became intrigued by the concept of shampoo bars. I made some and find they are so much nicer on my processed hair, which tends to be dry. I do however, find a liquid more...

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Subscribers’ Q&A: Can we cover our containers while heating and holding? Is colloidal silver a preservative?

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In the June Q&A, Charlette asked: I never hear other people doing this–but does anyone ever cover their water phase while it’s being heated/held? I have a small glass sauce pan cover that I wash real well and swipe with alcohol so it’s clean and use it to cover the water phase. I have also used...

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How to convert a formula from percentages to grams (updated)

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One of the most important things you can do as a beginner is to learn how to read formulas written in percentages and convert them into grams. We don’t use liquid measurements are they are so inaccurate and your products can fail pretty easily with a little too much of this and a little too...

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Former Patreon subscribers and e-zine links you can find there on your private messages section

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If you were a Patreon subscriber, you may remember I shared the links to the e-zine on my Google Drive every month so you could download them. Given I’m seeing these e-zines and formulas from same being shared in all kinds of places and given what just happened with that horrible Hamsa, I’m removing them...

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