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We took at look at the basics of the oil cleansing method yesterday, so let’s take a look at how we might create a cleansing oil today. The base of the cleansing oil is usually a portion of castor oil, which can range from 25% to 50%. I’ve seen people using it at up to...
Lauren asked this question in the What do you want to know post? It would also be great to see a post on the oil cleansing method and a recipe for oil! What is the oil cleansing method? It’s a method by which you cleanse your face using oils. The logic is that like dissolves like...
In the What do you want to know post, Jodi asks: What do you think about making a whipped butter and adding a starch like tapioca powder or Natrasorb? How would this add to the butter? Lots of people do this and love it. The point of doing this is to remove some of the...
In this post on whipped butter, Lauren asks: I actually have a question, and hopefully this post isn’t too old. What are we actually doing to the oils that make it whip and stay that way? Are we changing the molecular bonds of the oils? Are we just incorporating air? When it melts back down, would...
PLEASE DON’T ALTER THE pH IF YOU DON’T HAVE THE EQUIPMENTThere’s this sudden increase in people wanting to alter the pH of their products, and what I can tell you is that if you don’t have a good pH meter – not the strips, not a guess – then don’t. The recipes I write are...