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Thank you all so much for your lovely and thoughtful words about my recent post about taking a break. I feel so honoured that you think so kindly about me, and it means so much that you took the time to offer support and share your experiences. Raymond and I travelled this past weekend to a...
I’m taking some time away from the blog to heal from an arm injury that has left me unable to type and to honour the anniversary of my mom’s death last year. I will not be available through any medium from October 13th to 16th, so any e-book or e-zine purchases will not be sent...
Hi everyone! I’m off to Windy Point Soap in Calgary to teach some classes, and posting here can be difficult as the Blogger app crashes constantly and I can’t post pictures when I use it in Safari on mobile. I’ll be able to send out your e-book and e-zine purchases when I get notification as...
In this post on Spectrastat G2, Ally D shared, So far I have had success with this in my shampoos. However, at 1% usage (recommended usage is 1-1.2%) it curdled my lotion emulsion! I was very disappointed to say the least. I may try to pre-mix it with a bit of the emulsion and then add...
In this post, How can you tell it’s a good recipe?, Connie asked, I am confused, however, about the percent of emulsifier relates to total percent. I understand that amount of emulsifying wax is 25% of % of oils. But isn’t the emulsifying wax considered part of oil phase? When I add that in, isn’t...