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I’m trying so hard to get through your comments, but I’m still back in June. There are just so many good ones, it’s hard to answer them with a quick comment or two. In this post, Formulating a Cream Cleanser for dry skin, Afriyie’s Faith asked: Hi Susan, thank you so much for creating an awesome...
In this post, Why do my Dead Sea salts get wet?, C commented: Something similar happens to me every time a make my foot bath salts, the whole mixture turns into wet mush. I use urea and ordinary coarse sea salt and some essential oils. I store the foot bath salt in a airtight container...
Back in May, we reviewed the ingredients in this product. Then we made a version with Sepimax ZEN. Then we made another version with sodium carbomer. Today, we’ll take a look at a version using Ultrez 20.Ultrez 20 (INCI: Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer) is a gelling agent that we can use to gel all sorts...
I’m so excited about this new e-zine on AHAs, salicylic acid, and Vitamin C with 48 pages of brand new formulas and write ups! I’ve been working with these ingredients for almost 18 months to ensure you’re getting the most awesome formulas I can create. Take a look at the table of contents to see...
To all my lovely Patreon subscribers: To make finding things easier, for the duplicating posts, I’ve put together a permanent page that’ll be linked to the right hand side of the blog. Click here to see it! It’s ever so exciting! I honestly didn’t realize how many duplications I’ve done so far! Please note, everyone...