Techniques

Tips & techniques: How do I keep track of what I wanted to do with ingredients I’ve ordered?

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How do I keep track of my ingredients between ordering and receiving? How do I remember what I was going to make with them and actually use them in my workshop? Here’s my process! When I order ingredients from a company, I take screen shots of my order, then print them out and put them...

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Tips & techniques: A few notes on the importance of process, following instructions, and measuring temperatures! (Updated June 2022)

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I’ve written a lengthier post that you can find here – The formula is only the start: The process is everything! – that I’d like to draw your attention to in this post. I can’t stress this enough – if you’re following my formula, you must follow my process and instructions for making it. Failure to...

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Specific gravity: How you can use it to figure out how much you’re spending on ingredients! (Updated with downloadable Excel spread sheet!)

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I thought I’d share a little more on the idea of specific gravity and how we can use it for our products. I shared a series on specific gravity in January 2022, so if you’d like more information, definitely check out these posts… Let’s talk about specific gravity (relative density or specific density) – part...

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Smell Ho! Let’s talk about fragrance & essential oils: Other things to consider when shopping for or using fragrance oils (part four)

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Welcome back to part four – the final part – of this short series on using fragrance and essential oils! In part one, we took a look at some things to consider when using fragrance and essential oils, and how much we might use in a product. In part two, we took a look at...

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Smell Ho! Let’s talk about fragrance & essential oils: Working with IFRA maximum skin exposure levels with a few different fragrance oils – includes downloadable cheat sheet for categories

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Welcome back to part three of this short series on using fragrance and essential oils. In part one, we took a look at some things to consider when using fragrance and essential oils, and how much we might use in a product. In part two, we took a look at the IFRA, their maximum skin...

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