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In this post, Ultra Bubbly Bubble Bath, HG moisturizer asks: Not sure if this was asked before but I’m really curious, how did you learn to formulate when you first started out? There aren’t many schools that teach this and other than your blog (WHICH I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR!!!) I never seem to find...
In the suppliers’ list for Canada, Lily asks: Does anyone know where I can buy a lime hydrosol in Canada? And James wants to know where to find a goat’s milk lotion base in Canada. Any ideas, my fellow Canucks? In this post, Shampoo: Modifying the basic shampoo recipe to be more conditioning, Unknown asks:...
In this post on MSM, Unknown asks: I bought some MSM from Voyageur after seeing it as an ingredient in a muscle ointment from my chiropractor. I am not sure how to use it though in muscle rub, especially after searching a bit and finding it is used mainly in shampoo and skin cream. Can you...
Sorry for the lack of posts, but it’s been really stressful around here dealing with family health issues! Rest assured I’ve been working on blog things, like developing new recipes for the upcoming summer products e-zine my July Patreon subscribers will receive, and writing posts. (That’s an awesome aloe vera gel! It feels as nice...
Happy Canada Day, everyone! I generally celebrate July 1st by being out of my home and native land camping and visiting my American friends, but we’re home this week, and I’ve been busy in the workshop making all kinds of wonderful and wacky things with new and familiar ingredients. (I have been listening to a...