Welcome to the home of SwiftCraftyMonkey Formulating Inc.! Join Susan as she obsesses about cosmetic chemistry and other things (some possibly related to monkeys)! Here you’ll find over 5,000 posts and formulas written over the past 16 years for everything from lotions, creams, and body butters to hair care products to fancy facial products filled with actives and cosmeceuticals! Enjoy the site without distractions – no ads, pop ups, sponsored posts, affiliate links, “one weird tricks” – all supported by readers like you.
Join me for a fun conversation on Instagram Live this Saturday at noon PDT (Vancouver time) hosted by Valerie George (aka @cosmetic_chemist on Instagram) – host of Beauty Brains and founder of Simply Ingredients – when we’ll be talking about our favourite ingredients! How can we pick just a few? Think of all those lovely … Read more
Woo hoo! I have something pretty cool to share for those of you formulating products for sale for a registered small or large business in Canada or the USA* – new sample box for packaging and ingredients called the ChemBox! It’s a monthly/bi-monthly box that offers 12 to 15 ingredient samples and 4 to 6 … Read more
Before I start, I want to point out that all of the photos I have used in this post are presumably copyright of Caroline Calloway from her Instagram, and I’m using them to illustrate points in my critique of her product. None of the links in this post are ads or affiliate links as this … Read more
Welcome to July! We’re halfway through the year! And it’s summer, my very least favourite season of the year with all its hotness and heat and sun and more heat. We’ve been experiencing record breaking, “once in a millennium” heat where I live, breaking records every day, and we’ve seen the hottest day in history on … Read more
Hi everyone! Sorry for the lack of interaction over the last week, but as I mentioned in the Welcome to June post, I had a few things going on – an epidural for back pain, a second dose of the COVID vaccine, and a fantastic course on oils that I can’t wait to share with you … Read more