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Welcome to March 2020! Wow, I can’t believe I’m embarking on my 11th year of writing this blog! As of this morning, I have 3,995 posts and formulas, and I’ll have 4,000 before the end of the week. Woo! As always, thank you so much for joining us on the blog this month and supporting all … Read more
Welcome to the March 2020 member-to-member sharing and caring post, an open post for you to share your thoughts, ask questions, share formulas, and generally connect with other people on this blog. One of the reasons I went with Disqus was to allow posts with pictures or videos or links of all sorts so we could share...
When I was four, my local library published a poem I wrote about elephants, and it was then that I decided I would be a writer. I earned a Bachelor of General Studies, minoring in English and Canadian Studies, with the hopes of being a teacher, but they weren’t hiring during the recession, so I … Read more
I’ve had a few requests to duplicate some products from Deva Curl – including Deva Curl Wash day Wonder Pre-Cleanse Slip Detangler – but I wonder if the interest is still there given the troubles they’re going through at the moment? “In the past five months, a small legion of influencers, primarily on YouTube, have begun...
In March 2017, I was asked to create a duplication of Lush’s Ro’s Argan Body Conditioner, a lotion we apply, then rinse, in the shower. Despite the name, these Shower Smoothies aren’t positively charged (cationic) conditioners at all – the original version uses a negatively charged (anionic) soap called TEA stearate, made by reacting stearic...