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I hate colds! I turn into a grumpy, whiny, snivelling mess unfit for human consumption! For this reason, I shall likely be post-less for the next few days. I realize this last month or so has been really chaotic, but it's almost back to normal. If you, my wonderful readers, can indulge me for another...
Tara suggested the SCS-CAB surfactant blend as one of those why did I buy that ingredients (if you’d like to make a suggestion, please click on the link and leave a comment there!) SCS-CAB blend is a surfactant blend of sodium coco sulfate and cocamidopropyl betaine (about 34% to 37% surfactants). It has a pH...
For some reason, I can’t stop watching the show Extreme Couponing on TLC, despite the fact that we can’t really do that in Canada as we don’t get double or triple coupon days around here and stacking is almost impossible when you only get one version of a coupon…but I digress. It seems to me to...
I’m trying out the mobile version of the site to save bandwidth for those of you who might be surfing the ‘net on a handheld device. What do you think? If you hate it, let me know and I’ll change it back! I’m also trying mobile blogging. Again, if this is irritating, let me know!...
You might remember we took a look at ferulic acid, one of those ingredients we buy but never remember to use, but we didn’t get around to making a lovely facial recipe with it. So let’s take a look at a few products. Ferulic acid is purported to be good for helping age spots, reducing...