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Raymond Nichols I am going to be honest…I’m not a fan of blue. When someone mentions blue, I think of the girls in my high school who wore tons of blue eye shadow right up to their eye brows, and it makes me cringe. I think there are far too many matte blues out there and too...
Yeah, I know these aren’t coconuts…but coconuts aren’t that pretty! So enjoy some pineapple shaped bath bombs instead! One of my favourite sites – The Beauty Brains – weighs in on coconut oil. Visit the post on their site to learn more! (To summarize: coconut oil will penetrate the hair’s cortex because it’s similar to...
Are you making a table of treats or a tableau of terror? How to pick a good recipe? By now you have either tried a lotion or are itching to try one. You’ve probably done some searches on the Intertron for recipes, and you’ve got a binder (or bookmark file in your browser) filled...
One of my new Saturday night things…Black Amber Lavender (a Brambleberry fragrance, available from Soapcraft.ca if you’re in Canada!)I’m a fragrance junkie! I love thinking about what scents I’ll include in my creations, and sometimes I’ll separate a larger batch so I can play with 3 or 4 scents. So what kind of fragrance person...
Keep your scrubs and lotions longer with anti-oxidants! Yesterday we talked about preservatives, now let’s talk about anti-oxidants.So what’s the purpose of anti-oxidants, other than the skin care benefits? They retard rancidity in your oils! Why do oils go rancid and what the heck does “rancid” mean? Oils are really triglycerides, which is to say...