The home of SwiftCraftyMonkey! 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.
Edited to add: As a note, if you are getting a message that you need to be “invited” to read the blog, that is because that’s the error the old blog gives to you. I cannot change that message The old blog is gone. No one will be invited to it because everything from there – … Read more
I’ve taken the old blog down. Welcome to the new blog! Please read this post to learn more. Over the last week, I’ve been under constant attack by a woman running a shampoo bar group. But that’s not what’s upset me – it’s watching people whose names I recognize jumping on the monkey pile to … Read more
The Handcrafted Soap & Cosmetic Guild is the one that represents the States. I’ve been upset with them for quite some time thanks to the way they treated me about having to cancel my workshops at their conference in Atlanta as I’ve been bedridden with pain since February. If you have thoughts, feel free to … Read more
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Hi everyone! I’m up to mid-September in the comments, and I continue to work through them. Thanks for your patience. A few thoughts: Why does everyone think it’s so hard to melt sodium cocoyl isethionate (SCI)? If you pick the right version and couple it with the right surfactant – disodium laureth sulfosuccinate, cocamidopropyl betaine, … Read more