Discussion: Let’s talk about descriptors!

I’ve been thinking a lot about how we describe our ingredients and products, and thought we could brainstorm to create a better vocabulary for what certain words mean when we use them to describe oils, fragrances, and such. We could create a glossary of terms here on the blog and in future e-zines and e-books,...

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Making a lovely cucumber-y facial lotion

We’ve been taking a look at creating cucumber body butters over the last few days in response to the absolutely ghastly HGTV homemade cucumber body butter. I thought before we finish this series, we could make a light, lovely, fresh cucumber facial lotion. I know it’s not a body butter, but this cucumber seed oil...

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Formulating on a budget: Using cucumber in our products

This is why I love comments from you, my lovely readers! In this post on cucumber hydrosol, Allison noted: This sounds absolutely lovely, but $7.85/ounce for hydrosol?!?! Wow….it is times like these that I sometimes think that I have chosen the wrong hobby, especially given my limited means…. 🙁 We have definitely chosen a more expensive...

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Some thoughts on what you could do for an emulsified cucumber body butter (Polawax)

We’ve been having some fun re-creating a safer, more stable version of this terrible HGTV recipe for a homemade cucumber body butter, and I thought after making the Simulgreen 18-2 version yesterday we could finish this series up with a Polawax version! Let’s use this formula for a body butter, which you can find in...

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Administrative stuff: How do I choose what to duplicate?

This is a great question, and you’ll find a link to this post in the Duplications for Patreon subscribers section of the blog.  The way it’s worked so far is that when someone posts a duplicate product idea, I take down all the information and analyze the ingredient list, then see if it’s do-able at...

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