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In this post on lotion bars, anonymous asks: How can you get glycerin to mix in a lotion bar? Do I heat to a certain temperature? Mix the wax and glycerin first before I put in my heated oils? Help I love glycerin in all my products. If you are wondering if you can mix...
In this post on lotion bars, Tina asks: I’m trying to figure out if there’s a general rule for tweaking the basic recipe (33/33/33/1 -beeswax/butter/oil/fragrance). You said that, for example, with cocoa butter, you’d use less beeswax. So if I use beeswax at 25%, what’s the rule for altering the butter and oil? Does that now...
In the What interests you? post, Lucy asks: Is it possible to make an anhydrous body butter type product but that does not block pores? Would sucragel work? Here’s the question – what does it mean to block pores? I think a general idea is that something is in the pore of your skin keeping it...
HOW CAN WE MAKE A NICE BODY OIL FROM AN OIL CLEANSING METHOD OIL?In this post on the oil cleansing method, Carol asks: Your comment “Although I imagine it might make a nice body oil!” has encouraged me to ask this question…to make a body oil would you change the percentages or oils used in anyway?...
If you’re just joining us, please take a look at part one and part two of this series on the oil cleansing method! What oils might be suitable for an oil cleansing method cleanser for oily skin? In all honesty, my first response is that there really aren’t any good oils for oily skin…but I’m going...