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Welcome back to this series in which we’re making a hydrating winter skin & scalp spray with loads of botanicals & actives, which can be used as a skin and scalp hydrator, a facial toner, or a sprayed serum before you use an anhydrous product, like whipped body butter, body oil, or facial oil. The...
Yesterday, we met a formula for a gorgeous hydrating winter skin & scalp spray with loads of botanicals and actives, like allantoin, niacinamide, Fision® HydraTress, AQUAXYL™, and so much more! The goal of this product is to create a water soluble, sprayable formula that contains all kinds of things that’ll be good for our skin and...
Sarah, my very awesome and patient hairdresser, mentioned she was having issues with her skin and scalp during the really cold and less humid periods of the winter, so I made her this spray that can be used on skin, scalp, and hair to offer some awesome hydration! I’ve included all kinds of botanical extracts...
In the monthly Q&A, Tina asked, This may sound really dumb, but here goes. If I have 100x Aloe Vera powder and used 2 grams and added to 98 grams distilled water would this give me 100 grams of 200x Aloe Vera juice? I hope this makes sense. Hi Tina! There are no dumb thoughts...
Welcome back to this four part series in which we’re making a shampoo filled with a veritable botanical bounty of fantastic ingredients for normal to oily hair! In part one, Creating a blueberry, carob, yucca & cornsilk conditioning shampoo for oily hair (part one): Overview and choosing surfactants!, we looked at what it meant to...