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Only 2 more days to go until Christmas, so if you don’t have your presents made already, it might be too late. Or is it? If you’re looking for some last minute, easy to make, no fail presents, here are a few ideas for you… Lotion bars: Give yourself an hour to weigh, melt, and...
I’m just curious why people seem to like grapeseed oil so much. (I’m writing this post as I’ve been receiving a lot of e-mails from people wanting to make seeking all natural products and it seems like most of them want to use grapeseed oil!) It has high levels of linoleic acid, but so do...
Sweeteababy0427 writes: I would like to know more about making liquid emulsifications. For example, like a leave in conditioner that has oils and water but I would like for it to stay in the liquid form and translucent (if possible). I saw you post about the spray leave in conditioner but I am thinking in general,...
As you all know by now, I run craft groups for tweens and teens at my local libraries (Chilliwack and Yarrow) and here are a few things I’ve learned about making bath & body products with them. I thought this would make a nice addendum to the post on running workshops I wrote the other...
Someone recently wrote to me about heating and holding the oil and water phase together in the same container, and wondered why the emulsion didn’t work (and it had worked in the past). First things first, we can make a lot of things emulsify that won’t stay emulsified. I remember making a lip balm with...