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Bath melts are updated versions of those little packages of bath oils you used to get in the shapes of penguins or hearts or stars in your stocking every Christmas combined with a bath bomb. (I loved those things!) They offer moisturizing and fragrance in your tub, and are super easy and fun to make....
I’m going to be honest…this is a picture of a green tea sugar scrub, but it looks a lot like a whipped cocoa-mango butter, so I included it. I really need to take more pictures when I make products, eh?Whipped butters are anhydrous (they do not contain water) and they are super easy to make...
(As a note, I have no idea what is going on with the fonts in this post! Sorry about the mess!)Sorry for the chaos in the group today. I usually get there early, get organized, and gear up for a wonderful class. Because of my dead car battery, I didn’t have a chance to do...
This is the first in a series of posts about anhydrous products. What are anhydrous products? It means “without water”, and they are products made with oil soluble ingredients. Because they don’t contain water you don’t need to use a preservative (although I suggest 0.5% to 1% Vitamin E to keep the oils from...
May I suggest visiting the emollients section of the blog instead of just reading this page? I’ve written posts on every oil I’ve ever used, which you can find there, as well as posts on all the things you’ll find in oils, like phytosterols and polyphenols, and comparison charts for all the oils and butters....