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Yesterday we took a look at making a gelled serum with 10% oil with Sepimax ZEN. Today, let’s add some fruit acids to the mix to create something that will act as an AHA or alpha-hydroxy acid, something Sepimax ZEN can handle at up to 4% without problems! As a quick note, it can also...
I’ve just realized my ISP has altered my e-mail settings for my phone and tablet to be IMAP, meaning if I delete something from one thing, it deletes the e-mail from all the things. I usually look at my mail on my phone or tablet, then delete those I won’t be able to answer until...
Wow, I just can’t stay on schedule lately, and I apologize for that. I did write a few posts on making lip scrubs – yummy pear coconut scrub, a lovely jojoba & peppermint scrub, and a plumping peppermint & jojoba lip scrub – which go well with this series of making facial products. In our last...
It seems like life is so busy lately with all the preparing I’m doing for the Handcrafted Soap & Cosmetics Guild’s conference in May in Las Vegas where I’m presenting a workshop entitled Facial Moisturizers 101, and with writing my new e-book on using cosmeceuticals in facial products and so many other cool and awesome...
Yesterday we analyzed the ingredient list for this product . Today we’ll figure out how much of each ingredient we should use, then come up with a prototype duplication recipe.Step four: Figure out how much of each ingredient to use . (Visit yesterday’s post to see more detail about each ingredient and links to the...