Newbie Tuesday: Did you make facial cleanser? What did you think? (Part one) (updated)

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Last week, we made a facial cleanser, then modified it by adding humectants and cationic polymers. This week, we’re talking about our recipes and how we could modify them to be more awesome for our skin type. Please join the conversation by commenting here, on the other posts, or by emailing me at swiftcraftymonkey@swiftcraftymonkey.blog Carol...

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My classes at Voyageur & Newbie Tuesday facial cleansers

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Hi everyone! If you’re playing along with the Newbie Tuesday facial cleansers group, don’t forget to check in with us to share which recipe you used and what you thought of it. We’ll be looking at various ways to modify the product this upcoming Tuesday, then making more versions the week after next! Please visit...

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Weekday Wonderings: Are companies hiding preservatives in other ingredients?

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Thanks for joining me again today as we continue to look at Dedra’s question about a product she wants to buy. I also read on another site some time back that many companies “hide” the fact that their products have preservatives in aloe gel. The article said that aloe gel cannot be produced without using...

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Weekday Wonderings: Do you have to declare all the ingredients in a product? This, and reviewing how to read ingredient lists…

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In this post, Grapefruit seed extract is NOT a preservative, Dedra asks: I have a question about a particular product. It is called Fig and Yarrow Underarm Lotion. I noticed that this product didn’t have any preservative listed. I am sensitive to certain things so I emailed to ask them if their product had any preservatives....

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Newbie Tuesday: Facial cleansers – additions to the base recipe

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Wow, that was a lot to take in yesterday, eh? We took a look at formulating a few base recipes for facial cleansers for some different skin types. Today, we’ll look at the ingredients we used and a few others we could try using in this recipe. Here’s the base recipe we developed for normal...

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