Weekend Wonderings: Is there a general rule about increasing/decreasing beeswax in lotion bars?

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In this post on lotion bars, Tina asks: I’m trying to figure out if there’s a general rule for tweaking the basic recipe (33/33/33/1 -beeswax/butter/oil/fragrance). You said that, for example, with cocoa butter, you’d use less beeswax. So if I use beeswax at 25%, what’s the rule for altering the butter and oil? Does that now...

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Weekend Wonderings: Learning to make substitutions for ingredients and using decyl glucoside as a surfactant

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I have to ask this question as well – if you are a beginner, why are you trying to make products from scratch? I’ve been getting quite a few e-mails and comments from people who are creating their own recipes and wondering why they won’t work. Please please please find a tried and true recipe...

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Monday Wonderings: Why won’t my hair feel nice and the shampoo thicken when I use glucosides?

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In this post, It’s not easy to being green, Sandra asks: I made a shampoo recently that became an epic fail. It is extremely thin, makes my hair feel like straw when I wash it (it’s really nice afterwards when it dries but I need loads of conditioner to get the straw feeling away) and it...

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Weekend Wonderings: Game of Thrones themed products

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In this post, I’m still around, Royce poses this question: I’m a Game of Thrones geek myself, and also a home-brewer. A few weeks ago I created a new beer recipe that was my interpretation of what would be brewed at the wall for Jon Snow and the rest of the Night’s Watch. It was a...

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Check out my new video on how to make conditioners on YouTube!

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I’ve created a video on how to make a rinse off conditioner that I’ve just posted on YouTube! I’ve chosen to focus on the process as opposed to the actual recipe so you can choose any recipe you wish, but I’m using this recipe for making a liquid conditioner with coconut oil. I hope you...

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