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We’ve been getting ready to leave for England on March 5 for a few weeks of family time before the In Cosmetics Global convention in Barcelona on March 31, April 1, and April 2, and I just ran out of month (even with the leap year). I’ve taken on far too much these last few...
Thanks so much for your patience as I finished up this super lengthy e-zine this month. I’ve been working on this e-zine series since last year, and there was just so much I wanted to share with you! Oh wow! 25,902 words and 74 pages long, this e-zine is all about hydrocolloids, natural and modified...
It’s been a wonderful year of adding new ingredients to my workshop, and in this e-zine, I’m sharing my process and base formulas for trying new ingredients in warm and cold lotions, hair conditioners, moisturizers, and more, and playing with five new ingredients – tamanu oil, cloudberry seed oil, Iselux Ultra mild surfactant blend, a...
It’s Autumn! Time for all those rich, spicy fragrances and essential oils to fill your home with feelings of coziness and warmth. Learn to make soy candles with wooden wicks, room and linen sprays, solid perfumes, and unicorn dust powdered bubble bath, incorporating the scents of the season. To honour the awesomeness that is candy...
I love teaching classes, and I thought I’d share with you an assortment of formulas I taught at Windy Point Soap Making Supplies in Calgary, Alberta, over 10 days in September 2019. You’ll find formulas for all sorts in here – including a foaming facial cleanser, body wash, bi-phasic make-up remover, micellar water, cold process...