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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...
In the February duplicating post, Kristin asked if we could take a look at duplicating the Vasanti® Brighten Up!® Enzymatic Face Rejuvenator*. Let’s take a look at this product and where we might start with a prototype recipe.If you’re curious about the steps I follow to duplicate a recipe, please click here. Step one: Get...
I’ve just released my newest e-zine, Using cold emulsifiers: Aristoflex AVC, Emulthix, and Sucragel AOF. If you’d like to see the table of contents, click here. If you’d like to buy it for $13.00, visit our new site to buy e-zines & e-books! I’m so excited about this new site because you can buy something,...