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I remember being so excited when I started making products, and I had to make every formula I found. I would sit at the coffee shop near my office every morning to plan out what I’d make next. I would find a formula – something like sweet almond & aloe hand lotion – and I’d...
Yay! Voyageur Soap & Candle has just posted the schedule for the next few months! We have some one off classes planned – Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, and Father’s Day – as well as a few sessions of my eco skin care class and the new eco facial care class where every ingredient is plant...
Yay! Voyageur Soap & Candle has just posted the schedule for the next few months! We have some one off classes planned – Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, and Father’s Day – as well as a few sessions of my eco skin care class and the new eco facial care class where every ingredient is plant...
Do you remember our duplication of Philip Roth’s Oilless Oil Squalane oil thingie? I found another product like this from Biossance for their 100% Squalane oil, listed at $68 for 100 grams/3.3 ounces. (Links to Sephora listing for the ingredient list.) 1. Get 100 grams Squalane. 2. Get a bottle that will hold 100 grams...
Yesterday we took a look at the ingredient list for this product, so let’s take a look at the ingredients again to see how we might use them in our first potential duplication formula. When he asked for this duplication, Luigi noted: “Looking at the ingredients though it looks super super simple. Like literally the...