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Creating an astringent, cooling, de-griming, and hydrating mister with loads of hydrosols (part four) – using different hydrosols with formula

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Welcome back to the process of creating this awesome astringent, cooling, de-griming, and hydrating mister with loads of hydrosols! In Tuesday’s post, we chose our hydrosols (floral waters, distillates) and humectants. In Wednesday’s post, we chose our preservatives and took a quick look at the concept of solubility. In yesterday’s post, we made the formula and...

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Creating an astringent, cooling, de-griming, and hydrating mister with loads of hydrosols (part three)

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Welcome back to the process of creating this awesome astringent, cooling, de-griming, and hydrating mister with loads of hydrosols! In Tuesday’s post, we chose our hydrosols (floral waters, distillates) and humectants. In yesterday’s post, we chose our preservatives and took a quick look at the concept of solubility. In today’s post, let’s make the formula and...

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Creating an astringent, cooling, de-griming, and hydrating mister with loads of hydrosols (part two)

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Welcome back to the process of creating this awesome astringent, cooling, de-griming, and hydrating mister with loads of hydrosols! In yesterday’s post, we chose our hydrosols (floral waters, distillates) and humectants. Today, let’s review our product to decide which preservatives we could use to keep our products safe and uncontaminated along with a quick look...

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Creating an astringent, cooling, de-griming, and hydrating mister with loads of hydrosols (part one)

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Our family has been testing all kinds of sunscreens for the summer, trying to find the perfect one that won’t make us look deathly white, greasy as heck, weirdly powdery, or pimply after a few days, so we’ve been wearing it even when we’re around the house to see what they’re like on application on...

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Creating a bi-phasic make-up remover with isohexadecane (formulas)

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We met the original formula for this bi-phasic make-up remover back in 2019 after I taught two versions at Voyageur Soap & Candle and Windy Point Soap Making Supplies in my classes – sigh, remember in-person classes? – but I’ve been playing with it over the last few years using some of these new esters...

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