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Sorry I haven’t shared much this week. I have been writing like crazy – answering some members’ Q&A, starting a huge series on the biology of our skin to get into how liposomes work and more on using ceramides, trying to figure out how to organize the series on surfactants and thickeners, writing up my...
As you may have read on the SwiftCraftyMonkey Facebook page, on March 29th I had to cancel my attendance at the 2018 conference in Atlanta due to these ongoing muscle spasms I’m enjoying so much. Because the Handcrafted Soap & Cosmetic Guild felt that cancelling with five weeks’ notice because I’m in agonizing pain was a “hardship...
I am still working on transitioning the site to work with Membersips instead of the Patreon plugin. Users will be able to buy memberships directly from the site with the same benefits as they would with Patreon (minus the Patreon site). Or users can remain with Patreon and will be given a free Membership of...
As I mentioned, Raymond is working on a new system for membership and locked posts that will allow us to move away from relying on Patreon for locked posts. He’s been working non-stop today and still needs to do a few things, but it won’t be ready today for a few reasons. The main one...
We hate Patreon as much as you do, so we are in the process of upgrading security of the store and creating a new way to log into paid posts. Raymond has been working non-stop since last week’s chaos, and he hopes to be done by Thursday afternoon. What this means is you may not...