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If you want to catch up on this simple ester series, click here for the last post that has all the links to the previous parts! Yesterday, we created a formula for a lip balm in which we can try different simple, solid esters, colours, and flavours. Today, let’s make that formula and see what...
If you want to catch up on this simple ester series, click here for the last post that has all the links to the previous parts! After making our lotion bars – click here for that post – we decided to try using these simple esters in a lip balm to see how the colour...
Wow, it’s been a while? I’ve been trying to find time to write up these experiments I did with Emrys months ago, but life’s been way too busy! Let’s take a look at creating lotion bars with simple esters! If you want to catch up on this series, click here for the last post that...
If your hands are anything like mine, they’re parched from all the hand washing and sanitizing. I use the mildest surfactants I can find at the lowest effective percentages combined with all kinds of wonderful emollients and conditioners, but even still they feel so cracked and sore. To prevent all kinds of dry skin, here...
I should have been writing this to you from In Cosmetics in Barcelona, but we’re in quarantine at home in Canada, as all travellers must be for 14 days. Every day I wake up and try to wrap my head around what’s going on in the world, and I still can’t – it’s just all … Read more