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Hazelnut oil is another high oleic acid (66 to 85%) oil containing a little linoleic acid (up to 25%), a little palmitic acid (4 to 9%), and a little stearic acid (1 to 4%). It’s high in phytosterols – 1.2 to 1.4 grams per kg of oil – and Vitamin E (between 382 to 472...
Petra wrote to me with a challenge – could we try to duplicate Lush’s Sugar Babe Sugar Scrub? We both took up the challenge, and here are her results so far…Batch #158% sugar29% baking soda7.2% cream of tartar2.9% SLSa2.9% virgin coconut oilwitch hazel used to bind it together. Petra’s results: Batch #1 fell apart too...
Avocado oil (INCI: Persea gratissima (avocado) oil)contains a great deal of oleic acid (75 to 80%), and very little linoleic (7 to 10%), stearic (up to 4%), or palmitic (about 10%) fatty acids. It contains 130 to 200 mg per kg tocopherols, which are lovely for the skin and help retard rancidity in your products....
Okay, so let’s try another attempt at making a sugar cube recipe. (The first attempt didn’t go all that well!) Here’s what I tried this time…40 grams white sugar30 grams baking soda10 grams mango butter – I thought the shea was too soft10 grams cream of tartar10 grams melt & pour soap (white)2 grams fragrance...
I scatter bottles of hand lotion all around my world during the winter – in the car, at the office, beside the computer, on my bedside table – because I consider it essential for the fall and winter months! And I love rice bran oil in this recipe. What do I want in a hand...