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You can tweak this eye cream recipe with any oils you like. I chose macadamia nut and arnica oils because they offered some great qualities, but you might have other preferences. Let’s take a look at some of the oils we might consider using in this recipe! Visit part one of this post to see why...
Sorry it’s taken so long to get to part two of making an eye cream…see this post for more information on how busy I am these days! As usual, when making any product we should ask ourselves this question: What is my goal? So what is my goal with this eye cream? I want something...
For about a year now, I’ve been messing around with eye creams. I made one last year that I really liked, but my mom felt it was a bit heavy for her tastes. I made an anhydrous version with the cera bellina, which I quite liked as well, but I wanted to use some water...
From a post that wasn’t ready for prime time, Anonymous asked: I find a lot of my emulsions get little bit of oil leaking out after several days or even longer. Is there anything that can be done to prevent this? I never see that happening to store bought products, and those are on shelves for...
If you’ve never made a product before, welcome to Newbie Tuesday! If this is your third product from the Newbie Tuesday series, then get ready for more fun! You learned how to make lotion and body butter earlier this year, and making a cream is much like making those two products! If you need some information on...