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I know you’re probably itching for me to get to facial moisturizers, but I thought I would give the dry skinned amongst us time to do some playing with the ingredients in the lotions I’ve been writing about for the last few days to see what you like before we get into make more expensive...
Quite a few people have written to tell me lately that they are avoiding surfactants in their products. The problem is this – Surfactants aren’t just about the foamy lathery things you find in body washes and conditioners. They are found in things we eat, things we use on our hair and bodies, and even...
I know I’m always going on about only switching one ingredient when you make a product, but when I’m in the workshop, I get a little ingredient happy and tend to change a whole lot of things at once! This is kinda what happened here with this somewhat unappealing looking facial cleanser. But seriously, try...
I am so sick of having dry feeling hands after I wash them, so I thought I’d make my own hand cleanser. This one – orange & honey hand cleanser – was my favourite, so naturally I thought I’d tweak it some more by replacing ACI for the SCI. Doesn’t it look like this is...
I do love a good body wash, and I think I have versions for every skin type and every climate possibility. But my very favourite recipe is this one, the body wash with ester. If you don’t have the ingredients for this recipe, use any one you want, but remember this – if you remove...