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If you’re in North America, today’s the day to honour your mom! I’ve just finished making breakfast and we’re going out for a short trip to the garden store and the car wash! (I’m still in a fair bit of agony with my back, so I can’t do much! Herniated disks are not as much...
Every day I get questions about hair care products and I notice that the top pages viewed are mostly relating to that topic…so allow me to pose this question – do you want more posts on hair care? Do you feel there’s enough in the hair care section about formulating for your hair type? Or...
If you’ve been trying recipes from other blogs or websites and they haven’t worked, I suggest a few moments with this post – how can you tell if it’s a good recipe? I make this suggestion because I’ve spent a goodly part of today surfing various natural beauty product websites doing some research, and I...
As you know, I’m a huge fan of cetrimonium chloride – short form, cetac – in my conditioners, and I seem to put it in every phase possible. But which is the best phase… Here’s the official word from the Handbook of Cosmetic Science & Technology, second edition, page 413… The length and number of...
Wow, I’m really overscheduling myself when I don’t have time to write posts in the morning! I must work on my boundaries! What else can we do with a moisturizer for dry skin? Yesterday we made a nice moisturizer filled with wonderful oils and humectants, and you can tweak this to your heart’s content. Let’s...