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In this post on solid bubble bath bars, Susan wrote, I had a couple questions about bubble bars. I looked at countless recipes, looked up the ingredients of the lush bars, watched videos, and rounded up all the potential ingredients I had on hand. Cream of tartar is stupid expensive but it appears it’s needed...
Sorry for falling behind on answering questions. I’m working on a ton of things for the blog right now, and this fell by the wayside. Let’s catch up on what you’ve been asking! In the February Q&A, Donna asked: I’d like to put a color in my shampoo and conditioner bars to help differentiate between the...
In yesterday’s post, we used foaming bath butter (aka foaming bath whip) to create some lovely exfoliating scrubs with jojoba beads. Today, let’s look at how we can use foaming bath butter, jojoba beads, and pumice to create a garden or kitchen scrub. As a note, I’m still in bed in pain, so I apologize...
Yay! The day is here! We’re creating a very basic facial cleanser recipe for each skin type, which you can try out, then modify it with all kinds of interesting ingredients over the next few days. Then we can get together next Tuesday to look at what you thought of the product and what changes...
My mom loves a nice bubbly bubble bath. I’ve stuck with my basic recipe for quite some time, but I thought it was time for a change to see what else would work. I was excited to see Voyageur Soap & Candle has brought LSB (INCI: Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate (and) Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate) back. SLSa is...