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Q&A: Is honey safe to use in lip balm? Will it work in an anhydrous (waterless) product?

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In the monthly Q&A, Christi asked, Hi Susan- I’m a recent groupiey🤣. Been formulating for a year and I’m currently enrolled in multiple courses at Formula Botanica. I my question is about honey, primarily Manuka Honey and the huge honey debate about if it’s safe to use in lip balm. I have made balms with...

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Mind your business! How to figure out the cost of goods and the cost of a yuletide pear vanilla emulsified body butter formula (part four)

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Welcome back to part four of this series, Mind your business!, in which we’re learning how to figure out the wholesale and retail cost of our products so we can take them to market by selling online, at shops, through consignment shops, at farmers’ markets and craft fairs, and everywhere else we might want to...

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Mind your business: How to figure out the cost of goods and the cost of a yuletide pear vanilla anhydrous whipped body butter formula (part three)

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Welcome back to part three of this series, Mind your business!, in which we’re learning how to figure out the wholesale and retail cost of our products so we can take them to market by selling online, at shops, through consignment shops, at farmers’ markets and craft fairs, and everywhere else we might want to...

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Mind your business: How to figure out the cost of goods and the cost of an orange creamsicle foaming shower oil with LUMOROL K 5229  (part two)

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Welcome to part two of this series, Mind your business!, in which we’re learning how to figure out the wholesale and retail cost of our products so we can take them to market by selling online, at shops, through consignment shops, at farmers’ markets and craft fairs, and everywhere else we might want to share...

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Let’s customize more shower oils using LUMOROL K 5229 using a combination of emollients (part six) 

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Welcome back to this getting-longer series on using LUMOROL K 5229 (INCI: MIPA-Laureth Sulfate, Laureth-4, Propylene Glycol), an anionic blend of surfactants that create waterless foamy, bubbly, lathery™ cleansers, like shower oils, oil-based cleansers, foaming bath products, foaming bath cubes, and more combinations with oils of all sorts along with fragrance/essential oils that will actually...

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