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Yep, we’re off to England for a few weeks for a family holiday! (We were supposed to go to In Cosmetics Global in Barcelona afterwards, but it’s been moved to the end of June.) ✈️☕️?♂️ Just getting a few things ready to take with me – shampoo bar, two conditioners, leave in conditioners, lotions, body … Read more
As part of our ester series, Emrys and I have been testing many different lip balms and lotion bars with solid esters to check their pour temperature, colour pay off, skin feel, flavour oil retention, prettiness, and more. Solid esters used in place of butters can increase colour deposition and may feel less greasy, more silky,...
I was reminded of this sketch from Portlandia as I read about natural deodorants this morning. I always wish I had a testimonial from the deodorant user’s friends about how well it works. “It smells like you!”
Packaging and photo day as we get products ready for the blog, for the e-zines, and to take away on holiday. A few cold-process lotions, a cold-process conditioner, and a slightly warm-process emulsion, plus experiments with sodium surfactin, Garamite 7308-XR, and COSMEDIA CC making oily gels along with testing some new surfactants with Siligel. So … Read more
It’s come to my attention that someone is trying to sell copies of my e-books – Hair Care Products and Formulating Facial Products – for $50 US, which is much much more than you’d pay on my blog! Did you know that every single penny we receive for the big five e-books – Lotion Making … Read more