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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
How did it get to be almost halfway through 2021 already? It’s supposed to get to 31˚C (88˚F) here today, and that’s just too hot for me, so I’m hiding in the house with my lovely air conditioner in my favourite writing chair with a pup nestled between my knees and wishing for a proper … Read more
There’s a YouTube video I’m seeing referenced quite a bit in the syndet shampoo bar group I mod on Facebook in which someone is saying we shouldn’t use Incroquat BTMS-50 in our shampoo bars, and I’m writing this post to go through what’s being said and share my thoughts. As a note, so as to … Read more
My life changed 15 years ago in May 2006 thanks to a batch of failed bath bombs I tried to teach my youth group. After they turned to dust, I turned to the internet to figure out what went wrong when I’d made so many batches of successful, lovely products. I stumbled upon The Soap … Read more