What do you want to make for the holiday seasons?

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Holiday season is upon us with all kinds of wonderful days during which we can exchange presents, starting with Diwali this Monday, October 24th. Okay, let’s be honest, every day is a great day to give presents, even today, which is Mole Day, celebrating Avogadro’s number, a number in chemistry designating 6.02 x 1023 of...

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Q&A: Can we use Sepigel 305™ to make a water-in-silicone cream?

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In the monthly Q&A, Tien asked, Hello Susan. I have tried to make W/Si (water-in-silicone) cream following the formula below. Texture can bring silky feeling when apply to skin, non-greasy. But the problem is that leaves many white spots on skin and cannot penetrate. Tien’s formula!  Phase A: Cyclopentasiloxane 10% Isopropyl Palmitate 2% Hydrogenated Polyisobutene...

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Let’s make a pumpkin spice themed anhydrous butter!

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Let’s make a version of a whipped anhydrous body butter you can pumpkin spice up with a variety of different ingredients! We’ll start with a basic formula with three variations with instructions, then we can look at how we might alter it to meet our theme! The formula! Weigh the oils and butter in a...

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For the love of all that is good and holy, please don’t make this: Pumpkin spice body butter!

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A friend alerted me to this absolutely atrocious recipe the other day, and I couldn’t not share it with you! This is an excellent example of a really poorly created recipe – or as I like to call it a “terrible recipe” – from a DIY page that was shared by a supplier – argh,...

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Q&A: Why aren’t we concerned with pH for lotions, conditioners, or body butters?

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In the monthly Q&A post, Chavi asked, This may be a silly question but it occurred to me while I was reading the new ebook.. why aren’t we concerned with pH when it comes to lotions,  conditioners, body butters, etc? I’m sure the answer is in my head somewhere but at nearly midnight, it’s not coming...

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