Weekend wonderings: Powdered vs. liquid extracts, substituting BTMS-25 for BTMS-50, and surfactants for baby shampoo (updated)

Wow, you have me wondering about so many things this weekend! We might need a long weekend wondering for tomorrow to catch up on everything! I wonder if they’d notice I was away from work and school tomorrow? Do you have a wondering? Click here and post your question or thoughts in the comments!  EXTRACTS:...

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Weekend Wonderings: Decyl glucoside alternatives, packaging, and weighed down hair

In this post, Lucy asks: Hi. Total addict to your blog 🙂 I’m a newbie to actually making, although I’ve done years of reading….! Just started experimenting with shampoo. I’ve really sensitive scalp so have stuck to decyl glucoside and cocamidopropyl betaine but find it’s a bit slimy and hard to foam…What is the next in the...

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Blame Michele for enabling you: Ideas for new ingredients

In this post, Michele writes: I wonder what I can purchase next to try. I like to buy an ingredient I would use in more than one type of product.  I want to put this out there before I even think about responding to this question…You asked for it. When you read about a few of...

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Facial scrubs: Out for testing, more soon!

As a quick note, I have my surfactant based facial scrub products out for testing with a few people, so I need time to let them play with the products then write me a few reviews. When I hear from them – I hope it’ll be early next week – I’ll post their comments and...

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Facial scrubs: Adding physical exfoliants to the surfactant base

The first step in turning our surfactant based facial cleanser into a scrub is to choose our physical exfoliants. Some will be great choices, some will be terrible, and some will be all about your preferences and your budget! (Please visit this post and this post to see the complete and detailed list about these...

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