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As I mentioned in this post, we have a new website and blog! I’ll be doing all my writing over there from now on, and I’ll post links to that work for those of you who have this bookmarked or receive e-mail notifications. This one is a summary of the posts over the last seven...
In the January Q&A, Camirra asked: I’m not sure if you have posted about this already, but how do you organize your workshop? I am struggling to organize my ingredients in my workshop in a meaningful way. Right now they are just thrown in boxes and I hunt for what I want when I formulate=bad system....
Today, on the new blog I’m sharing my formula for making a solid bubble bath bar suitable for more humid climates using less glycerin and more glycol distearate!...
As I mentioned in this post, we have a new website and blog! I don’t plan to abandon this blog, but I will be doing all my writing over there from now on, so I’ll post the links to the new stuff here for those of you who have this bookmarked or receive email notifications. I...
On December 31st, I shared with you a few of my favourite new ingredients from 2017. What else did I like? New favourite surfactant: Okay, this one is super hard as I have added at least 16 new surfactants to my workshop this year. How about I break it down into surfactant and surfactant blend?...