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Let’s talk about costs of making products! Part two – emulsified body butters with formulas! 

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Welcome back to this short series in which we’re looking at making changes to our ingredients to create less expensive products, like anhydrous products and emulsions. In part one, we looked at the costs for an anhydrous whipped body butter using shea butter as the base. We took the cost of our shea butter based...

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Let’s talk about costs of making products! Part one – whipped body butters

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A photo from above of three types of whipped butters in jars. The top is a whipped shea butter with green jojoba beads. The second, below, is a whipped refined shea butter. The third, beside the second, is a whipped unrefined shea butter.

I know things are getting tight financially for everyone, so I thought we could look at making some less expensive products, like emulsions and anhydrous products in January! In general, the most expensive products you’ll make will be anhydrous* ones – whipped butters, salves, balms, lip balms, facial oils and serums, beard oils, hair oils,...

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Happy New Year! It’s January 2026! I published 678,225 words last year – some fun stats – and asking for input on Zoom workshops for the next few months. 

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Holy cow, did 2025 go by fast! I feel like I’m not ready for September and it’s January 2026! Wow, this year was a super productive and creative  year for me. I did the stats – okay, I don’t hate spreadsheets as much as I used to – and I shared 678,225 words between the … Read more

Hey $10 subscribers, the e-book – Waterless beauty: Creating facial oils & serums – is here!

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Cover of the e-book, Waterless beauty: Facial oils and serums, issue 9 for 2025. Issued in December 2025. It shows a tree with a clear dropper bottle nestled in the leaves.

Woo hoo! My new e-book is here – Waterless beauty: Creating facial oils & serums (part three of the series) – where you’ll find 14 formulas along with so many charts and informational articles so you can follow along or make your own blends from scratch! Oh, and there’s a whipped butter formula in there...

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Emollients you will love: Apricot kernel oil (INCI: Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil) – full profile with all the charts!

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A bottle and plastic shot glass sit on a grey background, both filled with a yellow, clear, oily liquid - apricot kernel oil

This profile is part of a project I’ve been working on for the last 18 months or so – my oils encyclopedia with all the information you might want to know about liquid oils, solid oils, and butters. I’m sharing this today as I’d love some feedback on what you think before I get into...

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