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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
Welcome to March 2020! Wow, I can’t believe I’m embarking on my 11th year of writing this blog! As of this morning, I have 3,995 posts and formulas, and I’ll have 4,000 before the end of the week. Woo! As always, thank you so much for joining us on the blog this month and supporting all … Read more
When I was four, my local library published a poem I wrote about elephants, and it was then that I decided I would be a writer. I earned a Bachelor of General Studies, minoring in English and Canadian Studies, with the hopes of being a teacher, but they weren’t hiring during the recession, so I … Read more