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Let’s analyze a “terrible recipe” to learn more about formulating: Part two, converting the recipe from kitchen to metric volume measurements and reviewing the recipe again

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Welcome back to this series in which we’re analyzing what I’m calling a “terrible recipe” for a lotion to learn more about formulating lotions from scratch. In yesterday’s post, we took a look at the original recipe in volume and by weight, then we considered a few things, like temperatures, what went into which phase,...

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Let’s analyze a “terrible recipe” to learn more about formulating: Part one, reviewing the terrible recipe and instructions

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As we get into the busiest time of the year for making products, and as we seem to have a lot of beginners joining us – Hello! Welcome! Warning, this is very addictive stuff! – I thought we could take a few posts to analyze a recipe I found in the wild we can use...

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Myth-understood: Does your hair need time to “adjust” when you start using a shampoo bar? Part three, things to check when using a shampoo bar your hair doesn’t like – creating conditioner bars and some stuff about apple cider vinegar!

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Welcome back to this short series where we bust this myth – does you hair need time to adjust when you start using a shampoo bar? As we noted in the first post – no, it doesn’t. A shampoo bar is a pH balanced hair cleansing product that is just like a liquid shampoo and...

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Myth-understood: Does your hair need time to “adjust” when you start using a shampoo bar? Part two, things to check when using a shampoo bar your hair doesn’t like – pH & surfactants

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Welcome back to this short series where we bust this myth – does you hair need time to adjust when you start using a shampoo bar? As we noted in the first post – no, it doesn’t. A shampoo bar is a pH balanced hair cleansing product that is just like a liquid shampoo and...

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Myth-understood: Does your hair need time to adjust when you start using a shampoo bar? Part one, comparing liquid and solid shampoo formulas and a few reasons your bar might not be awesome. 

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Myth-understood: Does your hair need time to adjust when you start using a shampoo bar? Part one, comparing liquid and solid shampoo formulas and a few reasons your bar might not be awesome. Let’s address the myth that your hair needs to “adjust” when you start using syndet or solid shampoo bar. The short answer...

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