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Since I’ve decided to try different things in my creations this year, let’s take a look at a few other butters. In the food and cosmetic industry, six butters are considered substitutes for cocoa butter – palm, illipe, kokum, sal, shea, and mango – but they do offer different qualities and fatty acid profiles for...
This is a bit of a cheating example because I’ve already formulated something from the body butter that I think would work great for really damaged feet…my husband’s very itchy body butter recipe. Many of the issues I addressed in that post would work wonders for Wanda’s feet (don’t you love a good alliteration?), but...
Okay, apparently the message “don’t make comments on my site looking for free advertising” isn’t clear to some people. So here it is again…you want free advertising, here’s an entire post on your product! (For previous posts please click here or here.) And as for you, the person who calls him/herself “seabuckthorn oil” on the...
Wanda’s operation might have been a success in fixing her feet, but it did quite a number on her skin! Yesterday’s foot lotion is a great product for someone with normal to slightly damaged feet, but when you’ve got peeling skin, you know you need some serious help! (As a belly dancer, Wanda usually takes...
My best friend shows off her exciting foot operation. When the bandages came off, we realized she needed something pretty intense for her feet! We saw the differences between a hand lotion and body lotion, now let’s make a foot lotion! We’ll base it on the body lotion from the other day. We can keep...