The home of SwiftCraftyMonkey Formulating Inc.! Join Susan as she obsesses about cosmetic chemistry and other things (some possibly related to monkeys). Often strange, occasionally useful, and always worth a stop as a point of interest on your journey through the Intertron.
Honestly, I’ve been putting this off as it seems there’s a lot of emotion around this topic, and it’s been a bizarre month with a lot of vitriol sent my way and I really don’t have the energy to read any more negativity, so I thought it best to leave it. Then someone wrote a great … Read more
Yep, we’re off to England for a few weeks for a family holiday! (We were supposed to go to In Cosmetics Global in Barcelona afterwards, but it’s been moved to the end of June.) ✈️☕️?♂️ Just getting a few things ready to take with me – shampoo bar, two conditioners, leave in conditioners, lotions, body … Read more
I was reminded of this sketch from Portlandia as I read about natural deodorants this morning. I always wish I had a testimonial from the deodorant user’s friends about how well it works. “It smells like you!”
Packaging and photo day as we get products ready for the blog, for the e-zines, and to take away on holiday. A few cold-process lotions, a cold-process conditioner, and a slightly warm-process emulsion, plus experiments with sodium surfactin, Garamite 7308-XR, and COSMEDIA CC making oily gels along with testing some new surfactants with Siligel. So … Read more
It’s come to my attention that someone is trying to sell copies of my e-books – Hair Care Products and Formulating Facial Products – for $50 US, which is much much more than you’d pay on my blog! Did you know that every single penny we receive for the big five e-books – Lotion Making … Read more