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A few years ago, Raymond commented that everything in our house smells like cupcakes or looks like cupcakes, but nothing tastes like cupcakes. He’s not wrong! We tried doing cake decorating with our youth program, and I tried to test whether the icing was done by smearing it all over my hand. Oh, right! Kitchenaid...
As you probably know, I’ve been down for most of the month with searing muscle spasms that make it hard to sit up, and although I’ve been working on a new e-zine, it isn’t ready yet. To that end, I’m offering every $10 Patreon subscriber the e-zine of their choice, which you can find in...
This is a new surfactant blend Lotioncrafter is now carrying. In the spirit of owning every ingredient possible, I had to try this one and create a few formulas with it! Don’t forget – if you’re a $10 subscriber for February, we have a 7% off coupon from Lotioncrafter! Miracare Soft 313 is a blend...
At the HSCG conference in Las Vegas last year, I did a few instructional videos. Here’s the second one about making a lip scrub with just three ingredients! Click here for my instructional video! If you want more information, check out these posts… Yummy pear coconut lip scrub Jojoba and peppermint lip scrub Plumping peppermint...
In part one of this series, we evaluated the ingredient list for the Farmacy Green Clean makeup Meltaway cleansing balm. In part two, we considered a formula and substitutions for hard-to-find ingredients, like the emulsifiers. In this part, let’s try a few formulas to see what we think. I’ll be leaving out a number of the...