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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...
I’m finally feeling better and posting like silly over on the new blog! I’m so happy to share one of my new favourite ingredients, Varisoft EQ 65, and I fell down a rabbit hole researching the answers to a few questions! Patreon means this is a Patreon exclusive post, and you have to be a Patreon subscriber to...