Are you making a table of treats or a tableau of terror? How to pick a good recipe?   By now you have either tried a lotion or are itching to try one. You’ve probably done some searches on the Intertron for recipes, and you’ve got a binder (or bookmark file in your browser) filled...

One of my new Saturday night things…Black Amber Lavender (a Brambleberry fragrance, available from Soapcraft.ca if you’re in Canada!)I’m a fragrance junkie! I love thinking about what scents I’ll include in my creations, and sometimes I’ll separate a larger batch so I can play with 3 or 4 scents. So what kind of fragrance person...

Keep your scrubs and lotions longer with anti-oxidants! Yesterday we talked about preservatives, now let’s talk about anti-oxidants.So what’s the purpose of anti-oxidants, other than the skin care benefits? They retard rancidity in your oils! Why do oils go rancid and what the heck does “rancid” mean? Oils are really triglycerides, which is to say...

Please note that I have an entire section of this blog devoted to preservatives, which lists all kinds of different ones, what goes into a preservative, and a downloadable comparison chart, to name a few things. Before commenting, please consider looking at that section as I think the question you have may be answered there. ...

If you read this when first posted, you probably realized I had not included any of the new exciting ingredients from the speciality ingredients post! I guess the painkillers from the knee injury are making my brain woozy! So let’s tweak our original recipe to include these exciting new ingredients! My changes are in green...