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For the record, my recipes are pH balanced. Unless you’re adding something really alkaline or really acidic, you shouldn’t need to alter them. If you need to alter the pH of something, those strips really aren’t great at testing anything accurate. I encourage you to get a pH meter if you’re going to be altering...

I love love love chamomile extract! You can find it in a few different versions – essential oil, water soluble powdered extract, and hydrosol. I prefer the powdered extract and hydrosol as I can’t really stand the smell of the stuff. I think it smells a bit earthy and musty, which is something I just...

Thanks, Ida, for your anhydrous cleansing balm recipe (which can be found in the comments section of this post)! And thanks Ella for your review of the leave in conditioner. And thanks Marcia for the review of the less greasy hand lotion! Email me at swiftcraftymonkey@swiftcraftymonkey.blog and tell me which e-book you want! Do you...

Happy Saturday, everyone! As a quick note, I see your comments on every single post on this blog, going right back to 2008, and I try to answer them all on the weekends. (During the week, I generally don’t have time unless I get a few minutes on my lunch hour for something simple.) They...

What’s the difference between a six ingredient body and hand lotion and a six ingredient body butter? Nothing really. Honestly, there isn’t a definition for a body butter. It could be something that contains no water or something with loads of water. In general, we think of a body butter as being a thicker body...