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Welcome back to this series, Let’s make and modify products for summer! In the first part of this modification of the 10 minute strawberry & honey parfait with ViscOptima SE, we added some humectants, allantoin as an occlusive, and altered the oils a little bit. I shared our base formula with some modifications, which we’ll build...
Welcome back to this series, Let’s make and modify products for summer! In the first part of this modification of the 10 minute strawberry & honey parfait with ViscOptima SE, we added some humectants, allantoin as an occlusive, and altered the oils a little bit. I shared our base formula with some modifications, which we’ll build...
Let’s meet a lovely water soluble extract, chia seed extract – INCI: Glycerin (and) Water (and) Salvia Hispanica (Chia) Seed (and) Sodium Benzoate (and) Potassium Sorbate – I’ll be using in my classes at Windy Point Soap Making Supplies! Chia seed extract – Salvia Hispanica (Chia) Seed – is used as a great anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory,...
I live in a pretty humid part of the world – about 100 km east of Vancouver, B.C. – but there are a few weeks every year where it gets so dry, I swear I lose 10 pounds in water weight! We have two humidifiers going around the clock right now, but my skin definitely...