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I love crafting so much! It’s such great fun to peruse my favourite ingredients suppliers’ shops to see what I could buy to make lovely things for my friends. I think about their skin type, hair type, favourite fragrances, much loved ingredients and those they hate, and so much more. This is also a very...
Click on the link in the relevant post to get to the shop. We always offer a link directly to the e-zine. Here’s an example of a PDF in the shop. Click on it! Click on “add to cart” to add the materials to your cart. You’ll see the green header at the top of … Read more
If you’re interested in taking a class with me at Voyageur Soap & Candle in Surrey, B.C., this year, we’ve just added another conditioner bar class for Sunday, December 16th at 11:30! Join me to make three different kinds of conditioner bars – one for normal to oily hair, one for normal to dry hair, … Read more
If you know me, you’ll know I love Voyageur Soap & Candle! The amazing people and staff there are the reason I started getting hardcore into cosmetic chemistry instead of being content to be a kitchen chemist. I’d ask them all kinds of questions about ingredients, and they’d share a formula or two and taught...
On the first day of December, Swift gave to me…this PDF with a blooming bath melt formula. Happy December 1st! I’m sharing this handout with you to thank you for all your wonderful support this year as a subscriber to the blog. December is my favourite month for so many reasons, and I wanted to share...