The home of SwiftCraftyMonkey Formulating Inc.! Join Susan as she obsesses about cosmetic chemistry and other things (some possibly related to monkeys). Often strange, occasionally useful, and always worth a stop as a point of interest on your journey through the Intertron.
This isn’t the end of the series on hair care products, just a detour into the land of other bath and body products. If you’ve been making conditioners, then you have all the goodies to make other products. And if you’ve been making conditioners, you’ve been making lotions and might not have known it! Over...
As I was singing in the shower this morning (“Evidence” by Faith No More), I started thinking about the nature of washing our hair. Here are my thoughts… Do we need to rinse and repeat? Not usually. If your hair is especially greasy, yes, but otherwise, no. (Although I’m contradicting Homer who said, “Always repeat”.)...
Whether your hair is long or short, curly or straight, we all want to take care of our crowning glory! As you can see, my husband and I are big on the long hair! (BTW: Only 4 more days until our first anniversary!) Someone suggested I put up a shopping list for the products we’ll...
A question keeps popping into my head – how do we know we’re sensitive or allergic to something? I see comments by people all the time (not on this blog, but other forums) saying “I’m allergic to quaternium-15” or “I can’t use fill in the blank because I break out”, but I’m always curious –...
I’ve had quite a few e-mails and comments asking will 20% alcohol preserve a lotion recipe? I’ve seen people stating they use somewhere between 15% and 60% alcohol to preserve oil in water lotions. (The FDA considers products with 62% as being anti-bacterial, according to this post.) My personal opinion – I don’t think I...