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I had planned to make up a post for the solid shaving bar for today, but I realized I hadn’t posted the solid conditioner bar recipe while I was on my honeymoon…so I’m posting part 1 today, part 2 on Thursday, and the solid shaving bar modification on Friday. And I’m posting this picture because...
In honour of Father’s Day on June21, I bring you a few ideas for the father in your life. My dad passed away in 2001, but having pictures like this remind us of the crazy, frivolous things he used to do! Yes, I’ve used this picture before, but it is one of my favourites –...
In comments on this blog and in posts on other fora, I’ve noticed people want to stay away from silicones. As someone who can wax poetical about silicones and puts them in in pretty much every product I make, I’m wondering why formulators would avoid these ingredients. There are alternatives to silicones. You can try...
Love your feet! It’s sandal season and you know your feet are going to take a beating. So let’s modify our solid scrub bar to give our feets a treat (yeah, poor English, but it rhymes!) So how is this going to be different than Friday’s scrub bar? For your feet you’ll want something heavier,...
Solid scrub bars are a fantastic way to get the exfoliating and moisturizing action of a sugar scrub in the portability of a bar (as Homer notes, the only way to get the awesome power of food is in a bar format, only ours won’t contain Chinese newspapers). Solid scrub bars are really modifications of...