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.
Join me this Sunday, June 14, 2020 at 11 am PDT (Vancouver time) for a shampoo bar making workshop! We’ll be making two shampoo bars – one warm process, one cold process – and along the way, we’ll be talking about how to make modifications, use that cool purple dye, add and remove ingredients, create...
pH & pH meters! Join me as we take a look at pH and our products. We’ll calibrate our meters, then use them to test a few different products. I’ll show you how to prepare your your product for testing, create pH adjusting fluids, measure the pH of your product, and adjust the pH. Topic: pH...
Hi everyone! Join us this Sunday, May 24th from 11 am PDT to around 1 pm on Zoom to create some body washes! We’ll take a look at how to thicken them with salt, Crothix, Ritathix DOE, and Siligel, and how fragrance/essential oils impact the viscosity and clarity. Look for the time zone for Vancouver,...
Join me on Sunday, May 17, 2020 at 11 am PDT (Vancouver, Canada time) for our meeting about overhead mixers and magnetic stirrers! We’ll be creating a body wash using xanthan gum and a face serum using Sepinov EMT 10 as I demonstrate how to use these devices. As a note, as of Saturday, I...
Mixers! Join me on a short tour of my workshop to take a look at how to use a magnetic stirrer and overhead mixer. We’ll wet, disperse, and hydrate some natural gums, starches, and gels, then use them in a product or two. If my ingredients arrive in time, I’m thinking I can show you...