I love the love! Celebrate Valentine’s Day with this white chocolate & babassu massage bar

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We had such a blast creating Valentine’s Day products at Voyageur Soap & Candle last week, and I thought I’d share a few formulas I thought might be nice for the one you love! As an aside, I hate that February is all about Valentine’s Day as some people choose not to celebrate it while...

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Digest of posts February 2nd to February 6th, 2018

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I’m having such great fun sharing those things I’ve learned falling down rabbit holes as I research some of the questions you’ve posed or ingredients I’ve found. I had a great question from Derek about liposomes I’ve been researching for the better part of a month that’s making me re-write all I’ve shared about the...

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Member exclusive Q&A: Formulating a cleansing balm (part one)

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In the January Q&A, Linda asked: Hi Susan, I am on a cleansing balm frenzy, and I was wondering what ingredient would make this wash off and be a cleanser? Which, they say it does, easily and without using a muslin cloth or anything — and it has tremendous reviews! It’s called the Farmacy Green Clean...

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Comments, foaming bath butter, and your thoughts on re-using containers

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Holy cow! I’m away from the comments sections for a few days – I was teaching a Valentine’s Day class at Voyageur Soap & Candle on Saturday, and writing non-blog related things Sunday while resting my arm a bit and looking after Raymond, who’s fighting off some virus and feeling lousy – and you’ve all...

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Member exclusive Q&A: What’s the deal with charcoal?

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In the Patreon January Q&A, Becky asked: I tried a face scrub from Posh last night, and it got me thinking about an ingredient that I haven’t seen mentioned yet…charcoal. What are its benefits? Or is its usefulness a myth? It just made me curious because a lot of brands are coming out with products that...

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