Formulating fun: A short guide about what I consider my signature combination of ingredients, aka The Sasquatch Complex™

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If you’ve been around this site long enough or have read a few of my e-books, you’ll have noticed my signature combination of ingredients* popping up all over the place, in everything from conditioners to lotions to toners and anything else containing water. It goes a little like this – 3% glycerin, 3% propanediol 1,3,...

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Welcome to August 2022!

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Hi everyone! Thanks for joining me here on the site in August 2022! Hope you’re all doing well and avoiding the heat waves that seem to be devastating so many parts of the world. We’re just coming out of a week 35˚C to 39˚C (95˚F to 101˚F) that felt like up to 44˚C (104˚F) with … Read more

Hey $10 subscribers! The July 2022 e-book is here – Surfactants, part one: A reference guide (revised for July 2022)

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This coupon is only for July 2022 subscribers. You can still buy the e-book from the shop if you weren’t a subscriber in this month by clicking this link!  This e-book is massive! More than 35,000 words over 138 pages with 46 surfactant profiles with 17 thickener profiles! This month’s e-book is all about foamy, bubbly, lathery™...

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Creating an apres sun cooling & soothing spray (part five, botanicals, hydrosols & distillates, preservatives, and the new formula!)

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Welcome back to this short series on making a lovely cooling and soothing apres sun spray. In part one, we looked at some ingredients we could use to create a base formula. In part two, we chose our preservatives, then made the base formula. In part three, we investigated at a few more ingredients we...

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Creating an apres sun cooling & soothing spray (part four, creating a new version from scratch, choosing humectants, hydrators, and vitamins)

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Welcome back to this short series on making a lovely cooling and soothing apres sun spray. In part one, we looked at some ingredients we could use to create a base formula. In part two, we chose our preservatives, then made the base formula. In part three, we investigated at a few more ingredients we...

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