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.
Hi everyone! I hope you’re all hale, hearty, and happy this second week of July! It’s a bit chilly around here, which makes me so unbelievably happy as I’m really not one for the sun and warmth. I thought I’d share some of the things happening around here and update the schedules for Discord chats … Read more
As we’ll be working a lot with adding ingredients over this summer series and as this is a skill you definitely want to know to become a better formulator to modify or create your own formulas, I thought we should take another look at how to modify a formula when you add watery ingredients. I...
Hi everyone! I’m having a blast offering these Zoom workshops and engaging with you in the Discord chats, and I hope you are too! I’ve been working through the schedule for the summer, and here’s what I thought would work for various dates… Please note Discord and Zoom workshops are only available to subscribers, so … Read more
I thought this photo of all the empty containers for conditioners I was testing was a fun way to introduce this topic. I do have posts for all those formulas on the blog somewhere! Happy Saturday! Sorry for the lateness in sharing this, but this is where you find everything you need to join our...
I’m still going through the chat log for the shampoo bar workshop we held on Sunday, June 14th, 2020 trying to answer the questions I might not have addressed. In today’s post, we’ll take a look at adding all kinds of other ingredients to our bars. Wow, this should have been a book! I’m over 7,000 words...