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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Question: What’s my favourite facial cleanser recipe?

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In this post, Lise asked: Thanks for this series on cleansers which has me all curious about your own preferred face cleanser. I ask because I have personally never had any real success using surfactant based face cleansers. (not sure if it’s sensitivity or just a dislike of the feeling of soap on my face). I...

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Question: Are the preservatives found in our ingredients enough to preserve the product?

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I see people asking if they need to include a preservative in their product when they are using ingredients that already contain preservatives, and the short answer is yes. The long answer is also yes with an explanation. Let’s say you want to make this toner (from this post on dry skin toners). How much...

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A facial cleanser with clay!

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I found this recipe on Voyageur Soap & Candle’s site a while ago – I can’t seem to find it now on their site! – and I thought I’d share my tweaks for this product. We’ve made it with the craft group a few times, and the ingredients I chose were to help with the...

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Facial scrubs: Adding physical exfoliants to the surfactant base

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The first step in turning our surfactant based facial cleanser into a scrub is to choose our physical exfoliants. Some will be great choices, some will be terrible, and some will be all about your preferences and your budget! (Please visit this post and this post to see the complete and detailed list about these...

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