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Woo hoo! It’s the first Zoom workshop of the new year, and our topic is working with different kinds of mixers, specifically shear mixes, like immersion blenders and homogenizers! We’ll be playing with a few different machines, and we’ll be making a few different formulas. Topic: Mixers: The workshop! Time: Jan 17, 2021 11:00 AM...
I cannot find the post I wrote on this anywhere, so I either didn’t publish it or only imagined I shared this, so if you’ve seen it before, I apologize for the duplication. A helpful tip for making lotions, conditioners, and other emulsions: Don’t mix by hand. I’m sure the idea of “hand churned” lotions...
Before we start, I just wanted to remind you that any links to any shops of any sort, including Amazon, are presented not as affiliate links but to show where I purchased various things. I don’t benefit in any way if you purchase anything from any retailer anywhere on the blog. As I shared with...
I’m really enjoying having a magnetic stirrer doing all the mixing work for me so I can make other things, so let’s take a look at this new addition to my workshop! Please note, none of these are affiliate links or links from which I’ll benefit. I’m sharing where I found the things I bought,...
Thanks to your monthly subscriptions, I can buy equipment and share my thoughts and experiences with you! I’ve been collecting quite a few different things – scales, thermometers, mixers, pH meters, and more – and using them in my classes, at home, with my youth programs, and everywhere else I can, and I hope my...