The home of SwiftCraftyMonkey! 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.
I love my classes! As much as I love teaching, I love spending time with people who love this craft as much as I do and want to talk about it for hours! We share all kinds of stories, experiments, formulas, and super helpful tips and techniques! Here are a few things about packaging! Always…...
Woo! Voyageur Soap & Candle in Surrey, B.C., is about to post the schedule for the classes I’ll be offering. Click this link to learn more or to register! (It may not be up when you click, but I wanted you, my lovely readers, to be the first to know!): As a note, all my … Read more
I love making pretty much everything, but I really love making and teaching hair care products. I remember the joy of making something awesome that made my oily hair finally feel clean, and I love sharing that with my students and readers of the blog! This e-zine includes formulas for a customizable shampoo bar, two…...
I’ve been wanting to share this formula with you since my return from Calgary in mid-November, but I’m always so swamped with other things. I’m taking a break from the gel series for a few days… Cold, windy, snowy winters might be all picturesque and stuff, but it can do one heck of a number…...
As I’ve been sharing formulas from my classes on the blog this month, I thought it’d be fun to share some last minute gift ideas here, like these super simple and elegant bath salts we made in my Handmade Christmas class at Voyageur Soap & Candle last week and this. Okay, I have to stop…...
We’ve spent the week having some fun with this gelled toner I taught at the first ever spa products class day at Windy Point Soap Making Supplies in Calgary, Alberta, back in November. On Monday, I shared with you a gelled toner we made for normal to oily skin types. On Tuesday, we took a look at…...
I hope you’re enjoying the series I’ve been sharing about making gelled toners. I thought I had scheduled posts for Thursday and Friday, but I guess I hit “save draft” instead of “publish”. I’ve shared those with you today… From my classes: Gelled toner becomes sheet mask (Thursday) All the ingredients! Vita Burst Beads (Friday) Experiments…...
We’ve spent the week having some fun with this gelled toner I taught at the first ever spa products class day at Windy Point Soap Making Supplies in Calgary, Alberta, back in November. On Monday, I shared with you a gelled toner we made for normal to oily skin types. On Tuesday, we took a look at…...
We’ve spent the week having some fun with this gelled toner I taught at the first ever spa products class day at Windy Point Soap Making Supplies in Calgary, Alberta, back in November. On Monday, I shared with you a gelled toner we made for normal to oily skin types. On Tuesday, we took a look at…...
On Monday, I shared with you a gelled toner we made for normal to oily skin types during our first ever spa day class at Windy Point Soap Making Supplies in Calgary, Alberta, back in November. On Tuesday, we took a look at modifying the formula for oily and acne prone skin. Yesterday, we modified it…...