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Emulsifiers you will love: Montanov™ 202 (INCI: Arachidyl Alcohol, Behenyl Alcohol, Arachidyl Glucoside) – naturally compliant emulsifier (part two) – Sample formula and instructions

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A Pyrex container with white creamy lotion in it

Originally found in my e-book, Beyond emulsifying wax, part three: More natural emulsifiers you will love (March 2022), offered as part of the $10 (US) monthly subscription or available to purchase from the shop for $21.00 Canadian. Before we get into making some fun new awesome things for the holiday season, I wanted to introduce...

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Blast from the past! Super simple festive formulas: Lip scrubs!

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Welcome to Blast from the Past!, a series in which I’m sharing some of my favourite gifting formulas! Lip scrubs are so wonderfully decadent, but so unbelievably easy to make with as few as two ingredients, both of which you can buy at the grocery store. You can dress them up in cute, inexpensive packaging from...

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Let’s make a pumpkin spice themed anhydrous butter!

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Let’s make a version of a whipped anhydrous body butter you can pumpkin spice up with a variety of different ingredients! We’ll start with a basic formula with three variations with instructions, then we can look at how we might alter it to meet our theme! The formula! Weigh the oils and butter in a...

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Myth-understood: Does your hair need time to adjust when you start using a shampoo bar? Part one, comparing liquid and solid shampoo formulas and a few reasons your bar might not be awesome. 

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Myth-understood: Does your hair need time to adjust when you start using a shampoo bar? Part one, comparing liquid and solid shampoo formulas and a few reasons your bar might not be awesome. Let’s address the myth that your hair needs to “adjust” when you start using syndet or solid shampoo bar. The short answer...

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Shelf life of our products: Creating, packaging, storing, and using products with longer shelf lives – a luscious emulsified body butter (part two)

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I do love a good emulsified body butter, a lovely thick, gooey, emollient lotion that goes on smoothly on my skin without being too greasy but still leaves behind an occlusive layer that lets me know my skin is being moisturized and hydrated. One of my favourites this year was this occlusive & protective body...

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