Newbie Tuesday series: Creating naturally compliant emulsions with Olivem 1000 – part three, a thicker hand & body lotion formula

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Welcome to week three of our Newbie Tuesday beginners’ lotion making series/course and Formulating Friday more advanced lotion making series/course! This week, we’re making a thicker hand & body lotion using our new emulsifier, Olivem 1000! We’ll be making a basic version today, then a more complicated on on May 7th for the Formulating Friday series....

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Q&A: How do we know if an ingredient is water or oil soluble?

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In this month’s Q&A, Cass asked, then followed up with another comment. hello, beginner here. I’m sorry if this is glaringly obvious but I am someone who has to triple check myself. How can I know if an ingredient is water or oil soluble? I feel so silly looking at the comments because they’re all so...

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Welcome to May 2021!

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My life changed 15 years ago in May 2006 thanks to a batch of failed bath bombs I tried to teach my youth group. After they turned to dust, I turned to the internet to figure out what went wrong when I’d made so many batches of successful, lovely products.  I stumbled upon The Soap … Read more

Formulating Friday lotion making series: Creating naturally compliant emulsions with Olivem 1000 – part two, a light hand & body lotion formula

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Welcome to week two of our Formulating Friday advanced lotion making series/course! This week, we’re making a light hand & body lotion using our new emulsifier, Olivem 1000! We made a basic version on Tuesday; today’s version will be more complicated. You will want to read Tuesday’s entry to get a handle on why we’re...

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A reminder: Join me for a Zoom workshop on Sunday, May 2nd at 11 am PDT (Vancouver time)!

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Just thought I’d share a quick reminder about this weekend’s Zoom workshop – the Spring Q&A! You can ask whatever questions you wish and I’ll do my best to answer them! Please check out the original post on this to leave a question or get ready to ask it in the workshop. Here’s the link...

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