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SwiftCraftyMonkey

A ton o’ links for foaming facial cleanser formulas you’ll find here on the site…

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I’ve had a lot of requests for facial cleansers over the last few months, and I thought I’d quickly share with you some of my favourite foamy, bubbly, lathery™ cleansers. As a note, almost every formula on this site using surfactants is sulfate-free. I have a few Lush products I duplicated that contain sodium coco...

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Welcome to May 2026!

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A photo of a small, cream coloured Maltese dog with very large eyes and a brown/black nose sits on the lap of a wonderful man. The stairs are grey and cluttered with stuff I have left on them because I'm very messy.

Woo hoo! Welcome to May 2026! We’ve hard a hard spring so far. We unexpectedly lost our little Sasja dog in early March, which was so far beyond devastating, I’m not going to share more with you lest you become very depressed. A neighbour noticed Raymond was going for walks on his own, and when … Read more

Hey, Innovation subscribers! The new e-book – The big book of hydrolyzed proteins & amino acids, hair actives – is here!

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Get your basics beyond basic with my newest, massive 173 page e-book, The big book of hydrolyzed proteins & amino acids, hair actives, part three of this series for April 2026. Learn to make seriously awesome advanced leave in conditioners, rinse-off conditioners, hair masks, and an awesome hair, skin & scalp spray with botanicals ingredients...

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Chemistry Thursday: An overview of polyatomic ions – part 49

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Let’s talk about polyatomic ions a bit more in the next few parts of this series as we work our way to solubility and acid/base reactions. We’ve been learning about solubility of ions and polyatomic ions Why do we care about Polyatomic ions? Because they show up all over cosmetic chemistry as citrates, lactates, sulphate,...

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