We’re in Manchester eating crisps and Cadbury bars…

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Thank goodness I had my little carry on stash of travel essentials with me in our flight to Manchester via Amsterdam! Lip balm, hand lotion, body lotion, peppermint cooling spray, and more hand & body lotion: I can’t tell you how exhausted I am after two flights and a stop over on no sleep and...

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Squee! We’re travelling abroad!

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EEEEE! I can’t believe we’re leaving today! First, we’re off to Liverpool, England, where my parents were born to visit family and scatter my mom’s ashes. At the end of the month, we’re off to London to meet up with Jane Barber (of Making Skincare and one of my partners in crime at Learn Cosmetic Formulation) … Read more

Q&A quickies! What do you use to colour your hair care bars? How can I preserve D’orientine well? Can we use Olivem 300 in place of polysorbate 80 in blooming bath oil? How do I eliminate bubbles in my lotion?

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Sorry for falling behind on answering questions. I’m working on a ton of things for the blog right now, and this fell by the wayside. Let’s catch up on what you’ve been asking!  In the February Q&A, Donna asked: I’d like to put a color in my shampoo and conditioner bars to help differentiate between the...

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Q&A: Can we use food grade herbal supplements in our skin care products?

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In the February Q&A, Marina asked, Hello, Susan (and everyone else!), what’s your opinion on using dry herbal extracts being sold for health supplements for skin care? Horse chestnut extract sounds intriguing to me, which I first found at New Directions Aromatics. Because of higher shipping cost and minimum order fee from NDA, I looked for...

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