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This is Swift’s first attempt at the shower jelly challenge… What was the logic of this recipe? I know two things about this product (I haven’t been able to try one from the store, so I’m going on what others say!) – it’s meant to clean and it’s in jelly form. For the cleaning, we...
It’s here! It’s here! My order from the Personal Formulator is here! I’m like a kid on Christmas morning, rifling through the styrofoam bits to see what’s inside the box! As much as I want to pull everything out and take a look, I have to pause for a moment and look at the receipt...
I’m not the best at card making, but I’m certainly enjoying learning how to do it! I’ve come up with a very basic pattern I can follow and make some very basic cards. I’m making 6 x 4 cards so I can include pictures in it easily, but you can use 5.5 by 4 1/4...
Apricot kernel oil (INCI: Prunus armeniaca) is very like sweet almond oil with a similar fatty profile -4 to 7% palmitic acid (C16), 1% stearic acid (C18), 58 to 74% oleic acid (C18:1), and 20 to 34% linoleic acid (C18:2), and the two tend to be interchangeably used in bath and body care products. It...
I love making charm bracelets, and I love Christmas, so if you put the two together, you get Christmas-y charm bracelet fun! I make my charm bracelets using either 8 mm rings and 4 mm rings to join them or 10 mm rings and 5 mm rings to join them. You’ll want to get at...