The home of SwiftCraftyMonkey Formulating Inc.! Join Susan as she obsesses about cosmetic chemistry and other things (some possibly related to monkeys). Often strange, occasionally useful, and always worth a stop as a point of interest on your journey through the Intertron.
In this month’s Q&A, Jaime asked, I’m trying to understand the binder in this shower steamer ingredient list that doesn’t include an oil or butter. They are very hard and dissolve slowly. It appears to be held together by the PEG-150 and wax. I would be a little concerned about putting wax in my drain, but...
In the July Q&A post, Mimi asked, Do you have any good recipes for Dead Sea salt? Also, can I substitute Dead Sea salt for sugar in a sugar scrub? Thank you! The short answer is no, you can’t really substitute Dead Sea Salt for all of the salt or sugar in other products because...
Yesterday, we celebrated National Bubble Bath Day with a solid bubble bath formula suitable for a less humid climate. Since where I live can get so humid you can see little water droplets in the air, I modified the formula to avoid using a lot of glycerin, which attracts moisture from the atmosphere to itself....
Happy National Bubble Bath Day! My mom and dad both loved bubble baths as do so many of my friends, so this was one of the first products I wanted to make way back in 2006. I love this formula I created for my ultra bubbly bubble bath, but I thought it was time I created...