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My mom loves a nice bubbly bubble bath. I’ve stuck with my basic recipe for quite some time, but I thought it was time for a change to see what else would work. I was excited to see Voyageur Soap & Candle has brought LSB (INCI: Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate (and) Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate) back. SLSa is...
In this post on bubble bath, Frankie asks: Hi Susan! I was very excited to try this recipe to make my own bubble bath so I whipped some up last night. It was so simple and it smells great… but it’s so thick that it took about 30 minutes to bottle it! And I didn’t...
It’s been an action packed week at our house with both a music recital and boxing match yesterday, and loads of work to be done at my day job! Please forgive my lack of posts, my lovely readers, as it’s a reflection on my inability to manage my time and not a reflection on how...
I’m asked a lot about including oils in shampoo, and I have to admit I’m not a fan of the idea. It’s not just because I’m an oily haired girl, but because there are a ton of ways of increasing moisturizing and hydrating in a shampoo that isn’t about the hassle of oils. The goal...
There are so many amazing extracts out there for our hair. Should we put them into our shampoo or leave them for conditioners? It’s hard to cover all the possible extracts in one post – heck, it’s hard to cover them all on one blog! – so I’ll go over some general concepts instead of...