Learning to formulate: Let’s go back to 70% lotions

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After looking through the posts, I felt that I hadn’t written enough on formulating our less watery lotions before delving into lighter lotions and moisturizers, so let’s step back to those for a few more posts before moving on to facial products. BASIC LOTION RECIPEHEATED WATER PHASE (69.5% of the lotion)69.5% water HEATED OIL PHASE...

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Happy National Crafting Month!

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It’s March 1st, the second anniversary of this blog and National Crafting Month! I think I’ll celebrate with some homemade ice cream topped with our homemade strawberry sauce and homemade caramel sauce (and a heaping dose of Lactaid Ultra!). A lot of people write to me asking about my motivation in writing this blog every...

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Learning to formulate: What have we learned so far?

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I thought I’d take a moment today to recap what we’ve learned so far about formulating and tweaking lotions. I like to start by figuring out the goal of the lotion. What kind of lotion do I want to make for what skin type or body part? Next, choose your recipe. If you want to...

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What can you share about lotion making? What do you want to know?

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As I’ve been writing this series on lotion making, I’ve realized there are so many little things I do to make lotions, both in formulating and the process itself, that I wasn’t taught by someone else but learned along the way. And we all have those little things that we’ve figured out ourselves based on...

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Sponsored by readers like you: Fabric stencilling with freezer paper

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I admit I’m addicted to stencilling because it gives me a chance to make funky personalized t-shirts and other fabric items with an X-acto knife, some freezer paper, and fabric paints. My How’s That Made group has spent the last two weeks stencilling. Week one, we learned how to make stencils. Week two, we decorated...

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