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In this post, Anonymous wrote: Ok, this definitely bothers me. I hate when science people try to make nature people being seen as stupid. I thought science people were smart, but this just makes them seem childish and ignorant. I’ll teach you what “chemical-free” means. Chemical-free, in the natural and organic world, simply refers as a product...
I’m so annoyed right now with Croda, makers of Incroquat BTMS-50, Incroquat CR, Polawax, and so on. They’ve decided that the little people – anyone who doesn’t have an e-mail address at a cosmetic company – can’t access their intranet for information, which means we can’t access data sheets or studies on their ingredients. A...
If you are going to make a product that contains water or might be exposed to water, you need to include a preservative. If you want to make a preservative-less product or want to use alcohol as a preservative or want to store things in your fridge, do it. If you’ve read all that I’ve...
I love my all natural babassu butter body butter! You can find the recipe here! I received an e-mail last night from someone who notes she is a formulator of mostly natural bath and body products, and that she was writing to me “even though I know you have little love for formulators like me”,...
I don’t believe in science. I know science. Science is about change: What we know changes, and the very nature of science is that it changes with new studies, new research, new theories. We once thought the earth was flat or was only 10,000 years old, but now we know the earth is round and...