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It’s Christmas morning here at the Barclay Nichols’s household, and I’ve been absolutely spoiled by Raymond and my friends! Sasja is wearing her new Christmas dress, and we’re eating apple turnovers while watching the Mystery Science Theatre 3000 Christmas marathon. Liked couldn’t be better. We hope you’re having a wonderful day full of happiness, joy, … Read more
As I’m writing up my scarily huge oils, solid oils, and butters reference e-book and working on individual emollient profiles, I’ve realized I need to define a few things, so let’s take a look at tocochromanols, the category of compounds in which we find tocopherols and tocotrienols and other lovely anti-oxidants. Before we start, here...
Welcome back to this series, which I think is the last part before we start the new series in January for Sepigel 305 or Sepiplus 400? If you’d like to see another post with a wrap-up or to ask questions or to share your formulas, let me know in the comments or email me at...
Welcome to part two of our series on making one of my favourite, super-easy-to-make products that’ll wow and impress your family and friends – and is easy for kids to make too – is solid perfume or cologne. It needs four simple ingredients – a wax, a butter, a liquid oil, and a gorgeous fragrance...
One of my favourite, super-easy product to make that’ll wow and impress your family and friends – and is easy for kids to make too – is solid perfume or cologne. It needs four simple ingredients – a wax, a butter, a liquid oil, and a gorgeous fragrance or essential oil. It only takes as...