The home of SwiftCraftyMonkey! Join Susan as she obsesses about cosmetic chemistry and other things (some possibly related to monkeys). Often strange, occasionally useful, and always worth a stop as a point of interest on your journey through the Intertron.
I’m getting a lot of questions and messages asking me about making clear deodorant sticks with sodium stearate, so I thought I’d offer some information in a sort of master post that I can link back to the formulas I shared with you in 2010. It’s surprisingly easy to make deodorant type products when you...
In this month’s Q&A, Cristina asked, Hello! I am looking into making some kind of conditioner bar/lotion bar that I would apply to my skin in the shower after washing and shampooing- then rubbing in and rinsing off. Would I be able to just make a conditioner bar type product but instead add skin loving ingredients?...
On the syndet shampoo bar Facebook group I moderate, someone asked about hair masks, and noted they were getting quite popular, so I thought I’d share some of my favourite formulas from the blog so you can get your hair all lovely and wonderful after being exposed to wind, snow, cold, heat, swimming pools or...
Cristina asked if I had any formulas for “no more tears” type products, and I remembered I wrote this article for Handmade Magazine about this topic – and you can find a formula there – and I have this post on using Iselux Ultra Mild this way. Take a look at these surfactants – Stepan-Mild®...
I know it’s hard to find packaging right now, so it might seem strange that I’m writing posts for products that require a very specific bottle – the foaming pump bottle – but this is how I formulate. I get a new ingredient, I research it, create some formulas, then observe the formulas over time...