Let’s make a 10 minute rinse-off conditioner with all kinds of humectants, botanicals, conditioners, proteins, and more: Part seven – adding more conditioning ingredients 

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Hi, everyone! I’m sorry this series has taken so long to finish. I’ve been working on loads of great stuff over the summer for upcoming series and e-books, and this series wasn’t completely written up until now.  Let’s create an awesome conditioner into which we can add all kinds of wonderful ingredients, including the awesome...

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Super quick, inexpensive products: Lip scrubs!

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I thought I’d share some of my favourite, easy-to-make, quick, inexpensive formulas you might want to sell or give as gifts this year. I’m starting with one of my favourites – this really easy lip scrub!  One of the easiest and fastest products you’ll ever make are these lip scrubs, based on the ones from...

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Chemistry Thursday: Esters we use as emulsifiers (overview), some emulsion chemistry, the HLB system, and PEG-esters (part 32)

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Welcome back to this introduction to cosmetic chemistry course! Let’s continue our look at esters by investigating those that work as emulsifiers. We’ll get into some emulsion theory, information on the HLB system, then get into those esters! An important note about this series – it’s here for life. It isn’t going anywhere. If you...

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Supplies needed for the upcoming introduction to cold process emulsifiers series!

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Woo hoo! We’re starting our new introduction to cold process emulsifiers series in October 2025 that’ll be available to Foundation, Formulation, and Innovation subscribers to the site here. Starting October 3rd, 2025, every Friday – for Formulating Friday – we’ll be playing with awesome cold process emulsifiers that’ll help us make emulsions in 10 minutes...

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Welcome to September 2025!

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Plate with green beans on it on a digital scale. They weigh 132 grams.

Holy cow, how is summer almost over? I feel like we just started picking our gorgeous fresh green beans from the garden, and it’s almost time to plant the garlic for the winter! It’s still pretty warm here – it’s 30˚C+ this week – and I’ll still be in shorts until Hallowe’en no matter the … Read more