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Creating an Age-Defying Sheet Mask with peptides with Natalie Skiller – part four, the formula! 

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Woo hoo! Another series of posts from the always amazing Natalie Skiller, known as the awesome formulator for Sweet Little Crumb (Facebook, Instagram, and her new Patreon, This Formulating Life!). In this one, she’s teaching you how to make an awesome Age-Defying Sheet Mask with peptides and other gorgeous actives! Love Natalie’s work? Check out...

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Infographic: High shear mixers!

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I thought I’d share this infographic with you to illustrate our high shear mixers! Definitely take a look at this post of you want to know why we often mix emulsions with high shear, then switch to low/no shear. And take a look at the links for other discussions we’ve had about this topic below!...

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Welcome to January 2025!

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A collage of three photos. In the largest, a small black and white dog in a dark sweater sits in on a yellow bench. The second photo is a landscape of a creek with a yellow shore, a spindly trees and mountains in the background under a blue sky. The third photo shows a gravel trail through the woods with a variety of trees with a creek on the left.

Happy new year! Hope 2025 is an awesome year for you! The photo collage above us from a lovely walk we had with Sasja yesterday on the new path being created along the creek one street away from our house. The weather has been amazing the last few weeks, blue, cloudless skies and bright sunny … Read more

Hey $10 subscribers! There’s a $25 coupon for you here!

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Hi everyone! As I mentioned in my update on December 9th, I’m struggling to get November’s e-book done, so I wasn’t able to get an e- book out for December. Instead we’re offering a $25 coupon! Woo hoo! Click here to see the shop on this site, always located under the “shop” tab in the...

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#alltheingredients: Sclerotium gum – non-ionic rheology modifier

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Sclerotium gum - a white powder - in a boat atop a silver scale with essential oils in the background

We’re about to meet a gorgeous new age-defying sheet mask with peptides created by the awesome Natalie Skiller, and I realized I hadn’t shared an ingredient profile for sclerotium gum, outside of my e-book, Rheology modifiers: Hydrocolloids, which is quite the oversight. So let’s take a look at this non-ionic thickening and suspending rheology modifier...

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