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Last Sunday, Raymond and I made it into the workshop to make some eye gel. He’s been using it for a week now, and it’s time to share the recipe! We started by establishing our goals. What did Raymond want from an eye gel? He is getting worried about having dark circles under his eyes...
If you’re following along, we’ve made a few different versions of eye gels that might be soothing, astringent, anti-inflammatory, and generally awesome for our eyes. Take a look at the previous posts below… Gels (revised for 2013) Gels: Formulating an eye gel – version 1 Gels: Formulating an eye gel – version 2 Gels: Formulating...
As I noted when writing about version one and version two of this eye gel, the key is to keep your goals in mind and figure out how to get to that goal. And keep in mind that what works for my skin or what needs I have won’t always mesh with yours, which is...
We took a look at making an eye gel yesterday, so let’s try another version today. We can tweak this recipe as we wish, so if you don’t have the ingredients I mention, feel free to try ingredients you have in your workshop that fulfill the requirements you have for your product. If you don’t...