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I admit I’m totally addicted to my favourite foaming facial cleanser. It feels great on my skin, and it lasts forever! (I only need to make 100 ml every four or five months!) I’ve tried it with foaming silk, foaming oat, and foaming rice surfactants, and thought it was time to try it with foaming...
As I mentioned on Thursday, making a water-in-silicone serum is pretty easy when you use Lotioncrafter Serum SE. The hardest part is choosing ingredients to add to it! This is a perfect place to use all those lovely actives and cosmeceuticals you’ve been hoarding for a rainy day! I’m having a love affair with niacinamide...
I love silicones! I think they are the silkiest feeling ingredients we can find, so I’ve always wanted to make a silicone serum like the No 7 one my mom uses or the Oil of Olay one my bestie likes so much. I found this ingredient at Lotioncrafter – Lotioncrafter Serum SE* – and thought...
We took a look at making a gelled toner with pre-neutralized gel yesterday, but we found it a little thin. (That’s not a bad thing; I just want something a bit thicker!) Let’s take a look at how we could make a gelled toner from scratch! To make a gelled toner from scratch – or...
On Friday we took a look at a new product, a gelled toner, and figured we could make one at home using carbomers. The big difference between making a regular, liquid toner and a gelled toner will be eliminating stickier ingredients because we won’t be removing it from our skin. What kinds of things would...