Happy National Craft Month 2015!

Woo! It’s the most wonderful time of the year! National Craft Month! The time to make time to craft and make things. If you’re new to the idea of making bath & body products, may I suggest a few projects for you? Bath bombs: You can’t go wrong with bath bombs! They’re easy to make...

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How do I modify a recipe when I add or remove an ingredient?

Let’s take a look today at altering recipes as there have been a lot of questions about this lately. (Original post can be found here…) Let’s say I have this recipe from this post: SWIFT’S BASIC HAND LOTION FORMULA69.5% water15% oil5% butter3% cetyl alcohol or stearic acid6% Polawax1% fragrance oil0.5% liquid Germall Plus Please use...

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What ingredients do you need if you’re starting out? Lotions

I’m excited that you’re thinking about making a lotion! They are such great products, and after you’ve made one for the first time, you won’t be so scared about making it again! I encourage you to follow the recipe and instructions exactly the first time you make it, and keep loads of notes so you...

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What ingredients should you buy if you’re starting out? Anhydrous products!

Someone – sorry, can’t remember who – suggested I write some posts about what to buy when you’re starting out. This is a very big question, and it depends upon the product you’re making. Let’s take a look at anhydrous products.  Anhydrous means “without water”, so anhydrous products are ones we make with oil soluble...

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Newbie equipment: What do you really need?

I’m asked all the time what we need to get started in making our own bath and body products, so I thought I’d write up a list of what I think is essential! A digital scale. This is the one piece of equipment you can’t be without! A good recipe is written in percentages or...

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