Welcome to the home of SwiftCraftyMonkey Formulating Inc.! Join Susan as she obsesses about cosmetic chemistry and other things (some possibly related to monkeys)! Here you’ll find over 5,000 posts and formulas written over the past 16 years for everything from lotions, creams, and body butters to hair care products to fancy facial products filled with actives and cosmeceuticals! Enjoy the site without distractions – no ads, pop ups, sponsored posts, affiliate links, “one weird tricks” – all supported by readers like you.
Join me today at 1 pm PST or 4 pm EST on the Handcrafted Soap & Cosmetics Guild’s members discussion page on Facebook as we make some conditioner and talk about everything related to hair care products! I’m so excited! I love this topic so much!!!...
A very merry Christmas to you and yours from Raymond, Sasja, and me. As you know, it’s been a very tough year for our little family, but it’s getting better, and you’re a big part of that, my lovely readers. Thank you for supporting the blog on Patreon and our youth programs through the purchase...
As we all know, Christmas is coming on Monday, so I’ll send out the e-books for which you donate as soon as I can during the hours I’m awake until the evening of the 24th. I won’t be sending anything out on the 25th or 26th, which is Boxing Day for those of us in...
I realized I haven’t posted any links to articles I’ve written in Handmade Magazine for a while, so I thought I’d share all the ones I could find to share here! I absolutely love writing about the chemistry of everything from hair care to essential oils to sunscreens, and I hope you enjoy reading about...
Yep, it took some time, but we’re finally over in our own space! Bookmark this new address for future reference! We aren’t ready to welcome you here just yet as I’m just learning how to use WordPress at the moment, but we’ll be sure to make announcements all over the place when we are! Rejoice!...