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This is a decadent creamy facial and body cleanser we made at our first spa day class at Windy Point Soap Making Supplies in autumn 2018, one I make regularly today for my face and body because it’s just so creamy and cleansing and moisturizing. Leaving my skin feeling soft and conditioned without being tight...
In the monthly Q&A, Anca asked, Hi Susan, I’d like to make a facial cleansing and conditioner bar. I was reading through your Body Cleansing Bars You Will Love zine, and I’m wondering if I could use AminoSensyl HC (INCI: Brassica Alcohol (and) Brassicyl Valinate Esylate) in place of BTMS-50 because it’s cationic but quat-free....
I love a good multiuse product, so I set out to create a product that would clean both my hands and face, dispensed from a foamer bottle. Luckily, the concepts are very similar – we want something that foams enough to feel cleansing but rinses off cleanly so we don’t have that dry or tacky...
Welcome back to our short series on creating a foaming hand cleanser with a cornucopia of awesome botanical extracts! In part one, we chose our surfactants and took a look at how we might increase mildness of the formula. In part two, we took look at some botanical extracts we could include in this foamy,...
Welcome back to our short series on creating a foaming hand cleanser with a cornucopia of awesome botanical extracts. In part one, we chose our surfactants and took a look at how we might increase mildness of the formula. Yesterday, in part two, we took look at some botanical extracts we could include in this...