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Welcome to December: My favourite month of the year! Little Sasja’s adoption day, our 27th (dating) anniversary, my birthday, Christmas, my adoption day, and New Year’s Eve – all of these fall between December 16th and 31st, giving me more than two weeks of celebratory fun as the year draws to a close. It’s a … Read more
This e-book has been a long time coming! I’ve been writing this e-book in bits and bites over the last few years, updating it each time I find a new active for eye care products or create a few formula, and even as I finalize it at the end of November 2020, I see Lotioncrafter...
Hi everyone! Sorry for the silence this week, but there’s been so much going on, I don’t know where to start! Last week was supposed to be the week of reducing my pain – dental appointment on Monday, neurologist for Botox on Tuesday, pain clinic for an epidural on Saturday – but my root canals … Read more
Nothing says winter like minty, menthol-y goodness, so let’s take a look at using essential oils and menthol to create a a few wonderful things you can use or gift this winter! In our first super simple festive formula post, we took a look at making lip scrubs. In the second, we looked at making...
Welcome back to part three of this body butter formula. In part one, we reviewed the emollients we might like to use in this formula, including butters. In part two, we looked more closely at the emollients we could use and worked out a few ideas using the principles of combining emollients and the definitions for...