What interests you? Can we make an anhydrous body butter that doesn’t block pores?

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In the What interests you? post, Lucy asks: Is it possible to make an anhydrous body butter type product but that does not block pores? Would sucragel work?  Here’s the question – what does it mean to block pores? I think a general idea is that something is in the pore of your skin keeping it...

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What interests you? How do lotions stay white when using all those extracts?

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In the Still collecting your thoughts! post, Carl asks: How can the producers of cosmetics (ex. lotions) add all the different plant extracts to their formulas and still keep the product white without using titanium dioxide? Not all plant extracts are heavily coloured! Take a look at this container of green tea extract (oil soluble) from...

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Weekend Wonderings: Substitutions for cetyl alcohol for acne prone skin? Do we need to buy a hand mixer for making products?

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SUBSTITUTIONS FOR CETYL ALCOHOL FOR ACNE PRONE SKIN?In this post, substituting one ingredient for another, Zink asks: I’m looking for a Cetyl alcohol alternative for use in a spot treatment/for cystic acne. So anything relatively inert would be good, suggestions? Can I ask a question? Where did the idea that cetyl alcohol is incredibly comedogenic or...

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Happy National Craft Month!

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Happy National Craft Month! I consider five years ago today to be the birth of this blog in this current incarnation, as one with a focus on bath and body products, as today is when I posted my first tutorial, this one on toners. (I did start the blog earlier in December 2008, but it was...

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Some updates on the blog!

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Thanks for your feedback in the What interests you? and Still collecting your thoughts posts! (Keep it coming!) You’ve given me so much to try out and research – it’s so freakin’ exciting!!! I hope I didn’t scare any of you by saying I wasn’t inspired, but I guess I was getting a little tired of...

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