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Hey, you awesome April people! If you downloaded the most recent e-book before this post was shared – before 12:20 pm PDT, April 1, 2024 – please download it again by visiting your account and looking at “downloads” section. There was an error we fixed and we’d like you to have an accurate copy. The...
Sorry for taking so long to share this, but when you see how huge it is, you’ll understand why! This month’s e-zine is The Big Book of Conditioners! Over 27,000 words and 82 pages, with profiles of 27+ conditioners with many sample formulas and a huge section on creating and modifying base formulas! My goal in...
Sorry this e-zine is so late. Every time I thought I was done, I thought of something else I wanted to include, and had to spend a few days re-writing it! Thank you for your patience! One of the biggest changes I’ve made over the last five years is the analysis of sensory characteristics of...
Wow, it’s been a whirlwind month, and I appreciate your patience so much. As you may have seen, we left for England March 5 and had planned go to In Cosmetics in Barcelona for March 31 to April 2, but then the apocalypse happened, and I spent much of my so-called holiday trying to get...
Thanks so much for your patience as I finished up this super lengthy e-zine this month. I’ve been working on this e-zine series since last year, and there was just so much I wanted to share with you! Yeah, I said that last month, but it’s true! I’ve been working on this series forever! Wow,...