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I asked and you responded – let’s do a Newbie Tuesday series on facial products! Here are the products I’d like to make! – Facial cleanser – Micellar water – Creamy cleanser (like a lotion) – Moisturizer – Toner – Gels of all kinds – toner, serum, eye gel – Serum, including spot treatments We’ll...
Sorry for the silence. It’s been a difficult week as my mom’s health isn’t great at the moment, and it’s kept me away from the computer. Thanks for your patience! In this post, Caprol Micro Express, Sandra asks: I made a spray by using CMB but I found the spray was turned cloudy when the room...
I was thinking about resuming Newbie Tuesday in the near future to make facial products, like a moisturizer, toner, or cleanser. I thought we could develop a base recipe, then add some cool extras to it, like cosmeceuticals, extracts, botanicals, and more. What would you think of this idea? Or would you prefer to work on...
In this post, Pumpkin seed: Making a light lotion, Anamaria asked, I would like to know if I could ever make this same lotion adding magnesium chloride oil? Would it survive to the heat? Thanks Magnesium oil isn’t an oil. It’s a solution of water and magnesium flakes, so it’s a water soluble ingredient, not an...
Follow @SwiftCraftyM I thought I’d share as a quick note that I’m finally on Twitter. You can find me there as @SwiftCraftyM and subscribe or like or whatever one does to follow someone. (Funnily enough, I couldn’t get my whole real name or my silly nickname in there as there were too many characters!) In...