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Susan Barclay-Nichols You may remember the post from a few days ago when I made a whipped butter for my best friend’s horribly mangled foot…well, now it’s my turn! My lower back has not been nice to me for almost two weeks. (I fell down a flight of stairs on a ferry two years ago, leaving me...
I do like my foamy bottles – they’re cute, they foam, and I don’t have to thicken my product up to use them! Plus, this one has a lime green cap, which is always a good thing in my book. (Hey, I’m tempted to buy a lime green Ford Fiesta just because of the colour!)...
I’ve put in an application to the Aviva Community Fund and I’m asking you to vote for it! You can see our application here (and believe me when I say it’s hard to convey the enthusiasm we have for the groups in 5,000 characters!) Voting starts Monday, October 4th, and you can vote up to 10 times...
If you don’t know about my love of surfactants yet, then you haven’t read this blog for very long! I’m addicted to making body washes, so I thought I’d try a new surfactant I’ve never used before in my new favourite body wash recipe! (Although for some reason, I forgot to include the PEG-7 glyceryl...
I do love my toners (do a search and you’ll be a little overwhelmed), primarily because I use it as both a toner and a moisturizer as my oily, rosacea prone skin really doesn’t like oil based lotions or sera! So I decided to get into the workshop and see just how many interesting things...