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Christmas and Hannukah are almost here, and if you’re looking to make some awesome gifts for your loved ones, join me over the next week for loads of ideas. LOTION BARSYou can get the ingredients for these little lovelies at your local health food store if you can’t get to a supplier or get things...
Yesterday we took a look at steps one and two for duplicating Liz Earle’s Cleanse & Polish Hot Cloth Cleanser . Today, let’s take a look at steps three and four, figuring out what’s really important in the ingredient list and figuring out how much of each ingredient to use.Step three: Figure out what’s really...
P Hazel suggested we take a look at this product , so let’s start by looking at the ingredient list and figuring out what each ingredient does. (Linked ingredients will go to my blog unless otherwise indicated with an asterisk!)Click here to see my duplicating process in six steps , or to see the way...
In this post, A conditioning shampoo with SCI, Synara asks: Just wondering: I only have Amphosol CG and cocamidopropyl betaine. Can I make a shampoo with these surfactants? The short answer is no. And that’s because you actually only have one surfactant because Amphosol CG is cocamidopropyl betaine as made by Stepan, and it’s such...
If you’ve been following the Newbie Tuesday facial products series, you’ll know we’ve spent the last three months making various cleansers for our skin. Let’s take a look at making toners today. What’s a toner? It’s a liquid or gel that we apply after we clean our skin to make it feel nice. I’ve seen...