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.
I’m so excited to see so many people have signed up for the introduction to chemistry course I shared the other day! I thought I’d shared some resources with you for textbooks and such, but I didn’t, so here they are! Please share any resources you have in the comments! TEXTBOOKS I really like this one,...
I wanted to draw your attention to a new section of the blog, the glossary, which you can find up there in the menu under “resources”. You can find all kinds of definitions there, and I’ll be updating it as we add more! And if you’re a beginner, don’t forget about the Beginners start here...
Cordy wrote this comment in this post: Hi Susan, I get what you’re saying (and would tend to agree with you that there’s a lot of “greenwashing” out there, or pseudo-science) but I have a question: The website you linked to is funded by cosmetics companies. Now, that may not mean that there’s a conflict of interest...
p suggested…You know how you posted on how you duplicate a product? I would absolutely love an analogous post on how you research ingredients and formulations. You shed so much light on topics that other sites discuss only casually. Do you do your research mostly through books? Or is the web actually a really good...
This is not my dog walking around the house with a conditioner bar in her mouth! I have a little thing I call my Trifecta of ARGH! When I’m on a webpage and it mentions that their products are “chemical free” or natural or they make an outrageous promise, I shut it down because I...