The home of SwiftCraftyMonkey Formulating Inc.! Join Susan as she obsesses about cosmetic chemistry and other things (some possibly related to monkeys). Often strange, occasionally useful, and always worth a stop as a point of interest on your journey through the Intertron.
The Vancouver Canucks lost the Stanley Cup. Cue the riots. Cue the idiots standing in front of a flaming car throwing horns while their friend takes a picture with his smart phone. Cue the tipped over port-a-potties and destruction of the windows and looting at The Bay on the corner of Georgia and Granville. And...
I hate colds! I turn into a grumpy, whiny, snivelling mess unfit for human consumption! For this reason, I shall likely be post-less for the next few days. I realize this last month or so has been really chaotic, but it's almost back to normal. If you, my wonderful readers, can indulge me for another...
As people refer me to things they consider to be natural products, I keep seeing the words “coconut derived” beside surfactants, fatty alcohols, fatty acids, and other ingredients that are, in fact, coconut derived. But what does this mean? Coconut oil is often the starting point for surfactants because it has a fatty acid profile...
I hope you enjoyed the card making class yesterday. I was surprised at how many of you liked the lime green cards – I came home with purple and pink, but every last lime green one was gone! If you liked the cupcake punch, I bought it at Michael’s in the Martha Stewart section, although...