The home of SwiftCraftyMonkey! Join Susan as she obsesses about cosmetic chemistry and other things (some possibly related to monkeys). Often strange, occasionally useful, and always worth a stop as a point of interest on your journey through the Intertron.
For April 2021 subscribers only. You can buy the e-book from the store if you weren’t a subscriber for the month of April 2021. Click here for the link. I’m so excited to share the second edition of one of my favourite e-books, revised with everything I’ve learned over the past three years about humectants...
For March 2021, $10 subscribers only… The second part of this series we started last month on preservatives is here – The big book of preservatives, part two – The charts! I’m so excited to share this with you to help you make easier and more informed choices about the preservatives you’re using in your...
Holy cow, this one has been ages in the making – part one of The Big Book of Preservatives, Fundamentals & Formulating! It’s a massive book all about the principles of preserving your awesome products with all kinds of traditional and naturally compliant preservatives! (Part two will be out in March 2021 for subscribers and...
Yay, it’s here, the new e-book for January 2021 – Oh the weather outside is frightful! Winter hair & skin products! We started revising one of my first and favourite e-books I shared way back in January 2017 to include links to the blog and such, and I decided to more than double the size...
I know this has been a hard year, so I thought I’d focus on some of the wonderful things I’ve made and loved over the past year or two, some for skin, some for hair, and some for both! This month’s e-book, My favourite formulas of 2020, was my way of looking back over a...