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I hope you’ve had a chance to make your whipped butter by now, and are ready to share your thoughts on it! What recipe did you make? What did you love? What didn’t you love? What will you change next time? Please share your complete recipe (percentages or weight, not volume) in the comments! I...
When you start out making bath & body products, we can get bumfuzzled by all the terms for different products, which makes it hard to figure out what to make. We might see a recipe and think we’d like to make that, only to find out that it isn’t what was promised or it was...
I’m embarrassed to say that I only just realized it was May, which means it’s time to celebrate the mothers in your world. My own mother has requested a personal shredder, but she knows she’ll get an assortment of prezzies I’ve made (which she might have to ooh and aah over before putting on the...
I do love my whipped butters! The feeling of whipped shea butter on my horribly dry skin in the winter or after a long and too sunny camping trip makes me so happy. It really is amazing how simple they are to make, but as with anything in the creation of bath and body products, it’s...
I’m thrilled by all the responses to this series on the skin feel of our oils – I guess doing my disappointed face worked, eh? – so let’s take a look at a few things we’ve learned so far and how we can modify our products to get a different skin feel. If you want...