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On my Patreon feed, Joanne asked: Why do my Dead Sea bath salts get wet when I add essential or fragrance oils? But the store Dead Sea salts with essential or fragrance oils stays dry? Good question, and one that I had to learn the hard way! Dead Sea salts (DSS) are hygroscopic or behave...
Yesterday’s question relates well to the one posted posed on Patreon by Omitade: I have a very basic question, probably answered somewhere. I recently purchased Panthenol Liquid and what I realized is that I don’t really understand how the recipe changes when you use liquid or dry ingredient of the same thing. I make a lotion...
These are easy peasy to make – the key is to avoid the urge to add a ton of colouring because too much water in your bath salts can lead to bath rocks in a couple of days! No one wants a big ball of hardened bath salts for Christmas, except maybe your mom when...