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Creating larger (and smaller) batches: An quick aside on measuring smaller amounts with 1 gram scales!

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Welcome back to this short series on scaling up our products and making larger batches! In part one, we looked at scales and measuring, then saw how going a little over/under in a smaller batch might result in larger batches with different properties for anhydrous whipped shea butters. In part two, we looked at how...

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Creating larger batches: Scaling up shampoo bars!

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Welcome back to this short series on scaling up our products and making larger batches. Yesterday, we looked at scales and measuring, then saw how going a little over/under in a smaller batch might result in larger batches with different properties for anhydrous whipped shea butters. Today, we’ll take a look at how this might...

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Creating larger batches: Introduction and scaling up anhydrous whipped body butters!

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I’m seeing a lot of people on the various Facebook groups I frequent – including one I moderate, Syndet shampoo bars – expressing concerns that their larger batches don’t have the same properties as their smaller batches, that their bars are harder or softer than they expected, so I thought I’d share this post about...

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Are you wondering how to get started as a formulator? Check out the beginners start here section! And links to two free courses!

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If you’re interested in the basics of learning to formulate, well, you’ve come to the right blog! My goal is to help you become a formulator, to become someone who can read formulas, follow them well, make changes, understand why you’re using those ingredients in that formula, what they all do, how to modify a...

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Welcome to October 2021!

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Happy October! Thanks for joining us here on the blog this month! It’s an exciting one around the Barclay-Nichols’s household as it’s our pup’s birthday today – Sasja’s five, I can’t believe it! – and Raymond’s birthday on the 11th. There’s also Thanksgiving, which is also the 11th – we usually celebrate by doing leftovers, … Read more