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Hi everyone! Did you catch the eclipse today? It didn’t appear our way, but it was awesome to see on TV! Just wanted to give you a quick update on what’s going on here. I’m in the middle of what I’m calling my 54,000 km check up – a series of medical appointments with the...
This article has been making the rounds recently and I wanted to analyze it because it is so absolutely magnificently wrong in so many ways, I thought it could be an interesting exercise in analyzing an article and having loads of chemistry fun while doing it! Article: HOW DOES GLYCERINE REACT WITH WATER? Related posts...
Hey, you awesome April people! If you downloaded the most recent e-book before this post was shared – before 12:20 pm PDT, April 1, 2024 – please download it again by visiting your account and looking at “downloads” section. There was an error we fixed and we’d like you to have an accurate copy. The...
Let’s take a closer look at this gorgeous new-to-me blend of vitamins, humectants, and proteins I’ve been using in my hydrating winter skin & scalp spray that we’ll be adapting to be other products shortly – Fision® HydraTress (INCI: Water, Panthenol, Hydrolyzed Quinoa, Glycerin, Pisum Sativum (Pea) Seed Extract, 1,2 -Hexanediol, Sodium Hyaluronate) We’ve met...
Woo hoo! I’m so excited to share this with you! As per my trend for e-books over the last few years, it’s absolutely massive at almost 39,000 words, 128 pages, and 30 formulas for all kinds of facial moisturizers that include actives, cosmeceuticals, and vitamins with more information than you thought you needed to know...