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If you want to follow along and catch up on the series, scroll down to see the links or visit the Beginners! Start here page and scroll down a bit. Last week, we made the first of three body lotions – a non-greasy version with fractionated coconut oil, non-greasy oils, and mango butter. This week,...
Welcome back to Newbie Tuesday! Sorry, I missed last week – I didn’t realize how much time preparing for the Zoom meeting and writing the e-zine would take, and Newbie Tuesday was lost in the shuffle. I’m working on getting all the weeks prepared in advance so I won’t fall behind as much. Quick question...
This is the formula we’ll be following for the Zoom call for Saturday, April 18th, 2020, at 11:00 to 11:40 am PDT. You can download the PDF by clicking this link – cold emulsifier demo april 2020 This cold process conditioner – Jeequat® NDCS (INCI: Cetyl alcohol, behentrimonium chloride, cocamidopropyl betaine, sorbitan laurate) is great...
Welcome to week nine of our series about making naturally compliant lotions with Ritamulse SCG. If you want to play along, scroll to the bottom for links to all the previous posts. In the first lotion, we used fractionated coconut oil plus a light, greasy oil. In the second lotion, we used a light, greasy...
Hi everyone! I’m wondering if there’s any interest in re-starting the Newbie Tuesday lotion making series/course for Tuesday, April 14th with hand lotion # 3? I know we’re all going through some pretty heavy collective trauma right now. Whether you’re out of work, working from home, or working on the front lines, this pandemic is...