Month: July 2020

Modifying products for summer: Making a cold process, mostly naturally compliant, more hydrating lotion with babassu oil

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It’s the worst part of summer for me – the end of July/beginning of August heat wave, where temperatures get to 35˚C (95˚F) with a Humidex of 39˚C (102˚F) with air quality warnings. I have air conditioning in the house and my car – as well as air conditioned seats, we just found out –...

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Hey $10 subscribers – The July 2020 e-book is here: The big book of conditioners, two: Building conditioners!

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FOR JULY 2020 $10 SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Thanks so much for your patience waiting for this month’s e-book! I love conditioners so much, that if it hadn’t been for having a month end deadline, I’d still be writing! This month’s massive e-zine – The big book of conditioners, two: Building conditioners – is all about creating...

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Update on stuff around the blog – Discord, Newbie Tuesday & upcoming Zoom workshops

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Hi everyone! Sorry I haven’t posted over the last week, but I’ve been furiously working on this month’s e-book on conditioners in between bouts of serious headaches and pain after having two crowns removed. I’m going into Vancouver tomorrow for medical stuff, so this should resolve itself shortly. The next Zoom workshop – on using...

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Newbie Tuesday: Making naturally compliant lotions with Ritamulse SCG (week fourteen) – body butter #2

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Welcome back to our Newbie Tuesday series, introduction to making naturally compliant lotions using Ritamulse SCG! We’re in week 14, which means it’s time to make the second of three body butters! How will these differ from the hand lotions or body lotions we made in weeks one to twelve, and the body butter we...

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#alltheingredients: Jeesperse® CPW-S or ICE Sunflower (Sunflower wax (and) sodium polyacrylate) – cold process emulsifier

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We first met this cold process emulsifier, Jeesperse® CPW-S or ICE Sunflower (Sunflower wax (and) sodium polyacrylate) in the e-book, Beyond Emulsifying Wax, part one, but I haven’t shared much about it here on the blog, so let’s take a closer look at it today! It contains 68% to 72% sunflower wax with 24% to...

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