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I was looking over the products I have on my bedside, and I realized that I haven’t gushed about how much I love this anhydrous eye gel made with cera bellina. I’m using it for everything this winter – as an eye gel, but also as a cuticle balm and a lip balm. I’m finding...
In the WTHDIBT&WCIDWI Wednesday thread, a few suggestions were made for ingredients we’ve already used, but let’s take a look other ways to use foaming silk protein! (Click on that thread to make your own suggestion!) Kathy Q mentioned foaming silk protein (INCI: Sodium Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Silk Protein) as a potential why did I buy...
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...