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Sorry for the silence this week, but I’ve been furiously working on this month’s e-zine – Mineral make-up & colour cosmetics – and resting after a super fun but exhausting day at Voyageur Soap & Candle last Saturday. Subscribers can click here to download the formula package! You’ll find formulas for whipped butters, foaming bath … Read more
Check out this month’s new e-zine – Mineral make-up & colour cosmetics! I’ve been dying to share my mineral make-up formulas with you for quite some time, and we’ve finally put together my favourite formulas for pressed eye shadows, loose eye shadows, glitter gel, translucent finishing powder, and nail polish as well as formulas for...
Over the last few months, the most frequently asked question has been, “What can I use instead of panthenol?” And my most frequently answered answer is always, “What are you making?” Substitutions need to be considered in light of the product, other Ingredients, and function of the substitution. Related post: Let’s talk about substitutions In...
So, I’m a bit of an idiot. I was ordering a few things from New Directions Aromatics, and didn’t want to incur their “small order” fee ($100 is not small!) so I threw some lime butter into my basket. And when it came, it turns out I bought a kilogram of it! Thank goodness it...
As I mentioned yesterday, I presented at Voyageur Soap & Candle’s grand opening at their new store in Surrey! So many of you came down to say “hi”, and I can finally put some faces to the names I see around here! Thank you so much for joining me yesterday to talk about formulating while...