#alltheingredients: Borage extract (INCI: Glycerin (and) Water (and) Borago Officinalis (Borage Herb) (and) Sodium Benzoate (and) Potassium Sorbate)

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I can’t believe I haven’t shared my love for this extract with you yet! Let’s take a look at borage extract (INCI: Glycerin (and) Water (and) Borago Officinalis (Borage Herb) (and) Sodium Benzoate (and) Potassium Sorbate), a water soluble liquid botanical extract we can add to our products at 0.5% to 5% in the cool down...

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Welcome to April 2021!

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Welcome to April 2021! It’s spring and we can sit outdoors, socially distanced, with people outside of our household this month, so yay for that! We had a new patio built in the winter and we will be enjoying a lot of tea and cookies in our yard as we wait for the world to … Read more

Q&A quickie: A few links for making “no more tears” shampoos and such!

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Cristina asked if I had any formulas for “no more tears” type products, and I remembered I wrote this article for Handmade Magazine about this topic – and you can find a formula there – and I have this post on using Iselux Ultra Mild this way. Take a look at these surfactants – Stepan-Mild®...

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Q&A: Can we modify a body butter formula to include Jeequat® NDCS as the natural, cold process emulsifier?

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In this month’s Q&A, Jaime asked, What percentage of oils can be handled by Jeequat® NDCS (aka ICE Conditioner)? I’d like to make your body butter that you made for your husband’s itchy skin. If ICE Conditioner won’t work, will any of the other cold natural approved emulsifiers work? Thank you. This is funny as I...

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Q&A quickie: When do we add the “cool down phase” to conditioner bars?

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I’m getting a lot of questions about this, which makes me think you’re all making conditioner bars out there! Yay, they’re so much fun! The short answer is that you add the “cool down phase” to the heated conditioner phase after you remove it from the heat, mix, then pour it into moulds. In my...

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