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I’m so sorry, but I can’t get an e-book out this month. Turns out I sprained my shoulder in the car accident, so I’ve been typing less this month, and the ester series of e-books is massive. I’m having trouble figuring out how to create each part – should it be liquid esters or just...
Hi everyone! Thanks for subscribing with us for the month of April! The e-book is here! It’s a huge e-book – 147 pages. As part one of a series on esters with formulas and profiles on all the solid esters. There are a number of formulas (or formulae if you’re old school) including solid, anhydrous...
This month’s new e-book is here – Formulating fun with hyaluronic acid: Toners, gels & gel-creams! You’ll learn 26 formulas using hyaluronic acid, hyaluronic acid 4D, and cationic HA to create and customize awesome, super-quick, hydrating, active-filled products, then we’ll gel them with rheology modifiers and cold emulsifiers, like Aristoflex AVC, Sepimax ZEN, and Sepinov...
Woo hoo! Welcome to the first e-book of 2025 – Formulating fun with hyaluronic acid (featuring Oleo HA)! Join me as we create a number of wonderful anhydrous products – gorgeous body & facial oils, lip scrubs, multi-purpose balms, and never-before-seen formulas for creating pressed facial serums (and modifications, if you don’t have this ingredient)....
This month, I’m sharing with you my favourite class formulas especially designed for the menfolk who might have beards, might not have beards, and might not be menfolk at all! Join me to create some awesome beard oils, a variety of beard and conditioning balms, less greasy lotions with ECOcert materials, and my favourite 5-in-1 body...