The home of SwiftCraftyMonkey Formulating Inc.! Join Susan as she obsesses about cosmetic chemistry and other things (some possibly related to monkeys). Often strange, occasionally useful, and always worth a stop as a point of interest on your journey through the Intertron.
The excitement just doesn’t stop around here lately! I’m so excited to be presenting at the 2018 conference held by the Handmade Bath & Body Guild and Handmade Soap and Cosmetics Guild in Toronto. I’ll be leading two workshops – cold process emulsifiers, kindly sponsored by Windy Point Soap, and hair care products, kindly sponsored...
In this post on shampoo bars, Bella asked: Is it ok to make a syndet shampoo bar without cocamidopropyl betaine? Everyone makes it seem like an impossibility, but there is a company that makes them and they are sellilng very well and I don’t see that ingredient in their product. The company is Ethique, here...
In this post, Preservatives: Phenoxyethanol, Paola asked: Quick question Re: Liquid Germal Plus… It’s my favourite preservative to use…however, I’m a little worried about using it because there are articles out there saying it’s not the healthiest preservative out there…BUT it preserves my products like no other. Are there any skin care brands who use LGP...
I’m trying so hard to get through your comments, but I’m still back in June. There are just so many good ones, it’s hard to answer them with a quick comment or two. In this post, Formulating a Cream Cleanser for dry skin, Afriyie’s Faith asked: Hi Susan, thank you so much for creating an awesome...
In this post, Why do my Dead Sea salts get wet?, C commented: Something similar happens to me every time a make my foot bath salts, the whole mixture turns into wet mush. I use urea and ordinary coarse sea salt and some essential oils. I store the foot bath salt in a airtight container...