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Hi everyone! Hope you’re enjoying a lovely spring filled with flowers and bird calls no matter where you are in the world. The e-zine I’m offering to $10.00 subscribers to my Patreon page this month is part one of a few on cosmeceuticals in facial products. It won’t be available outside of Patreon, and it’s...
I’m so excited to announce I’ve been invited to teach at Windy Point Soap Making’s grand opening of their new store in Calgary, Alberta, over the Victoria Day long weekend (May 20th & 21st)! We should have more news shortly, but keep watching this page and their Facebook page for more information on classes and registration!...
Earlier this year, Angie asked if we could try duplicating this L’Occitane Cleansing and Softening Oil with Almond Oil *. Sure! Let’s try!The first thing I do when looking at duplicating a product is to look at the complete ingredient list: Water, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Dicaprylyl...
Every day I see posts and messages from those of you who are scared to try something because you might waste supplies or make an unsuccessful product. To you I say this: Get in the workshop and try making something! You will learn nothing until you have the experience of holding the ingredients in your...
Last week we took a look at AHAs. Today, let’s add some of these to our gelled serum with or without oils using Sepimax ZEN. We’re using a combination of fruit acids you can find as Multifruit BSC, fruit acid complex, and other names because we can add quite a bit of it without having to...