Chemistry Thursday: Introduction to fragrance and essential oils – meeting a few more fragrance compounds, and learning about the top, middle & base notes (part 59)

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Welcome back to a bit of a tangent for the next few weeks as we’re looking at the chemistry of fragrance and essential oils as they have such a huge impact on our products, especially surfactant-based ones. This week, we’re looking at some more fragrance compounds, like pinene, camphor, vanillin, benzyl alcohol, and benzyl benzoate!...

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Let’s make some lotion dots – beginners’ post with formulas!

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There’s a new trend in town – lotion dots! These are lotion bars made in smaller moulds to create one-time-use lotion bars that’ll melt easily on your skin. They’re super easy to make, so let’s take a look at them in this post! How do we make them? Find a great lotion bar formula. Gather...

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Let’s create a gorgeous, foamy, bubbly, lathery™ An Apple a Day foaming facial cleanser – intermediate formulas, part three – all kinds of formulas using the new ingredients!

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A foamer bottle sits atop a digital scale, a reddish foamy liquid inside. This is the foaming blueberry & chamomile facial cleanser, a formula for which I'll share later in July 2025

Join me as we make a gorgeous foamy, bubbly, lathery™ super mild facial cleanser that can remove make-up, oils and sebum, or anything else you might put on your face. We start with our gorgeous foaming apple surfactant, add some humectants to hydrate your skin, a water soluble oil for moisturization, and a conditioner to...

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Zoom workshop – Making foamy, bubbly, lathery™ products on Sunday, July 19, 2026

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Hi everyone! It’s time for our July 2026 Zoom workshop, and I’ve chosen to make  foamy, bubbly, lathery™ surfactant based products, like body wash, bubble bath, facial cleansers, shampoos, and more, including how to thicken them! Woo hoo! Join me on Sunday, July 19, 2026, at noon PDT (Vancouver, Canada time) for a two hour … Read more

Let’s create a gorgeous, foamy, bubbly, lathery™ An Apple a Day foaming facial cleanser – intermediate formulas, part two – using hydrosols, different humectants, and different proteins with new comparison chart.

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Join me as we make a gorgeous foamy, bubbly, lathery™ super mild facial cleanser that can remove make-up, oils and sebum, or anything else you might put on your face. We start with our gorgeous foaming apple surfactant, add some humectants to hydrate your skin, a water soluble oil for moisturization, and a conditioner to...

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