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Okay, so we have the general idea of what we want to include, so let’s get started on making a toner! With the idea in mind of being careful when we combine extracts, I suggest you choose one you really like to start off with, then add a second one when you see how your...
Toner is the ideal product for an oily skin type because it contains a lot of wonderful astringents and it can behave as a water based moisturizer. It doesn’t take much to adapt this recipe for acne prone, rosacea, or wrinkled skin types types, so let’s take a look at how to make an oily...
You know I’m a chemistry fan – hey, I married a man named Nichols so I could be Susan Ni2 – so here are a few most excellent periodic tables for your amusement…The periodic table of awesomements! It’s so awesome, it should have its own place on the periodic table of awesomements…which gets into a...
Thank you to the amazing and kind donations from readers of this blog. (If you have no idea what I’m talking about, check out this post…) If you want to see some of the pictures of our kids’ creations, please check out my craft groups album on Picasa. Unfortunately, I can’t put up pictures of...
One of the first recipes I posted when I started this blog was a detailed post about toners. I’ve learned a lot since then, so let’s update that recipe with all the stuff we’ve learned about hydrosols, extracts, water soluble oils, and so on! For a toner, you will want to stick to all...