What have we learned so far about making products for our skin?

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So let’s see what we’ve learned so far about our skin and how to make products for it!  Our skin is made up of many layers, and the uppermost one is the stratum corneum. Moisturizing is all about preventing transepidermal water loss by trapping water against our skin through emollients. Hydrating is all about bringing water...

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And this is why we need time to see what happens with our products……

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This product was originally aqua coloured, and now it’s an opaque green with a slightly brown tinge that you can’t see in the picture. We made this Blue Raspberry fragranced body wash at the end of November with the plan of giving it out at Christmas…and by then, it had morphed into this green colour....

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Question: How do I figure out the volume of a recipe?

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Let’s say you want to make some conditioner, and you want 4 bottles of 8 ounces (about 240 ml) each. How do we figure it out from a recipe based on percentages or weight? The short answer is that you make a 100 gram batch of the stuff, figure out the volume of it, then...

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Question: What’s the difference between moisturizing and hydrating?

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Please see the updated version of this post with all the links intact from 2021! Click the link to see that new post! What’s the difference between moisturizing our skin and hydrating it? Are these fancy marketing terms or is there some difference between the two concepts? Let’s review what we need for a moisturizing product…...

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Review: Measuring in percentages, converting to weight

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I thought I’d bring this up again as I’ve had a few questions about this topic this week!   You’ll note that just about every recipe on this blog is measured in percentages that convert into weight. This is because it’s more accurate than measuring 1 spoonful of this or 5 ml of that ingredient,...

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