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Let’s make a summertime tropical melting body butter (part one, beginner level with formulas)

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A beaker with a cream coloured emulsion in it. There's a green spoon sticking out of it.

Before we start, I’m trying a new way of writing posts with formulas, creating short series with three levels of formulas and writing. For the beginner level, I’m sharing the formula with some basics about why I’m doing what I’m doing. I’ll offer you information like how long it’ll take to make with other advice,...

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Chemistry Thursday: Foamy, bubbly, lathery™ surfactants: Sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) and sodium coco sulfate (SCS) (part 52)

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September 29 2023

Chemistry Thursday: Foamy, bubbly, lathery™ surfactants: Sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) and sodium coco sulfate (SCS) (part 52) This is an exciting day! We’re talking about foamy, bubbly, lathery™ surfactants – some of my very favourite ingredients – and how they work! Woo hoo! Let’s recap what we’ve learned so far, look at where we find...

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Smell Ho! Why does using a fragrance oil with vanilla make our products brown? (part five)

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Four vials of lotion sit on a table. The first two have a brown/beige colour. The third is almost a bright white. The fourth is a lighter beige colour. Used to illustrate the impact of vanilla on a formula.

Welcome to a new part in the series on fragrance oils series that you can always find in the fragrance oils part of the site, found under the “ingredients” tab in the menu bar. In today’s post, let’s take a closer look at why our products might get a little brown when using a fragrance...

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Zoom workshop on hydrolyzed proteins & peptides: Video replay, modified formulas, and all the other good stuff!

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Woo hoo! That was such a fun workshop yesterday on hydrolyzed proteins & peptides with Natalie Skiller of This Formulating Life and Sweet Little Crumb! Seriously, go on over to Natalie’s Patreon and sign up for only $5 USD today! She has an amazing 14 part series on cleansing balms that will blow your mind....

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Zoom workshop on Sunday, May 17, 2026 at noon PDT: Hydrolyzed proteins, amino acids, and peptides in facial products with special guest, Natalie Skiller of This Formulating Life! Updated with handout and formulas!

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Woo hoo! We have another Zoom workshop planned for Sunday, May 17, 2026 at noon PDT (Vancouver, Canada time): Hydrolyzed proteins, amino acids, and peptides in facial products with special guest, Natalie Skiller of This Formulating Life. She’ll be sharing a formula for a facial product with peptides, while I’m doing a quick foaming facial...

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