Where’s the emulsifier? Play along!

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Anonymous asked in this post: Speaking of oils and emulsifiers, I have a product that i am wracking my brain to work out what is acting as the emulsifier. Can anyone help me? Ingredients are: Water, sunflower oil, coconut oil, olive oil, wheatgerm oil, castor oil, sugar glycerin, chamomile, essential oils as fragrance, and colour. Any help will be...

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Answering comments & emails: Salt or sugar in water based scrubs

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I’m on holiday time this week to avoid more illness and catch up on my sewing and bath & body product making, so I’m going through my inbox (1024 new messages to go!) and the comments to address some stuff I’ve seen lately!  Please don’t use water in sugar or salt scrubs. As I’ve mentioned...

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These are a few of my favourites things! Morning routine

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I started thinking about the products I use every day when Lise asked me about my preferences, so I thought I would share my daily routine. What I use changes by season, weather, and whim, so this is what I’m loving on January 31st, a generally very wet time in south west BC. (I’m still...

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A few thoughts for Monday!

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I’ve been fighting this flu all week and it hit me again today. Sorry for the short post!  The facial cleanser/scrub recipes I’ve been posting lately are gentle enough to use very day, but a lot of skin types cannot handle every day exfoliation. Therefore, although I consider the surfactant based cleansers gentle enough for...

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A few non-bath & body related things for a lazy, dog dangling Sunday morning!

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Hi to members of Pinterest! I really appreciate all the pinning you’ve been doing about this blog, and I’m suitably impressed by your choices of blog posts. I can’t believe how many of you have been posting about the need for preservatives. (It feels like we’re finally winning that battle!) Thanks so much for sharing...

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