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Newbie Tuesday & Formulating Friday discussion time!

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A massive, huge, giant thank you to Monica, Tiffany, and Chris for the images you’re seeing in this post and in this series! Monica created the one in the header; Tiffany, the second photo with the coloured lotions and spatulae; and Chris, the third photo with the yellowy custardy lotions with sea buckthorn oil. They’ve been...

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Formulating Friday: Creating lotions with Simulsol/Lotionpro™ 165 – More hand & body lotions (week three)

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A huge thank you to Tiffany, Chris, Monica, and MsBg for your feedback and photos and inspiring conversations as you work through this series! The header photo for this post of last week’s Formulating Friday formula by Tiffany! She’s colouring the lotions so she knows which is which!  As I mentioned in the Newbie Tuesday...

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Q&A: Reviewing the emulsifiers in First Aid Beauty, Ultra Repair Cream Intense Hydration? Is colloidal oatmeal hard to preserve?

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In the monthly Q&A post, Melinda asked: Hey Susan, Happy New Year! There are very few products that I consider holy grail status. Two of those products come from First Aid Beauty, one being their exfoliating peel pads and the other being their Ultra Repair Cream, and that is the one I want to talk about....

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Newbie Tuesday: Creating emulsions with Simulsol/Lotionpro™ 165 – More hand & body lotions (week three)

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Welcome back to the Newbie Tuesday introduction to lotion making course/series using Simulsol/Lotionpro™ 165 (INCI: Glyceryl stearate and PEG-100 stearate). Today, we’ll be making another hand & body lotion type emulsion using this emulsifier along with the ingredients I suggested you buy in the shopping list (click here for more information). Click here for part...

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Formulating Friday: Creating lotions with Simulsol/Lotionpro™ 165 – Hand & body lotion (week two)

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Welcome back to the first formula for this part of the Formulating Friday series/course in which we’re making lotions Simulsol/Lotionpro™ 165 (INCI: Glyceryl stearate and PEG-100 stearate). Today, we’ll be making a hand & body lotion type emulsion using this emulsifier along with the ingredients I suggested you buy in the shopping list (click here...

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