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Zoom workshop: Combining emollients in November 2026 – shopping list

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Hey everyone! I’m planning a Zoom workshop for Sunday, November 15, 2026, for noon PCT (Vancouver, Canada time). The topic is combining emollients! Remember, we post the Zoom workshops for Formulation and Innovation subscribers so you can watch them after the fact. You can play along with us in replays too! You can always find...

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Join me for a Zoom workshop on Sunday, September 13, 2026, at noon PDT for fun with botanical extracts! Handout now available!

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Join me for a Zoom workshop on Sunday, September 13, 2026, at noon PDT to make all kinds of awesome products with botanical extracts (Formulation and Innovation subscribers)! We’re making cleansing facial grains, leave-in conditioner, and gorgeous gel-cream for eyes or face. Woo hoo! The meeting is on Sunday, September 13, 2026, at noon PDT...

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Zoom workshop: pH meters & measuring – meeting links, password, and handouts. For Formulation and Innovation subscribers! Updated April 17 with formulas

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By popular demand, we’ll be taking a look at pH, including how to measure with strips or meters, how to adjust the pH of a few different products, and how to get your meter ready for use by calibrating it. We’ll be making a foaming facial cleanser that’ll need the pH tested and adjusted, and…what...

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Shampoo bars: Video link and questions from the Zoom workshop in March 2026! (Formulation & Innovation subscribers) – part two

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A photo of three shampoo bars on the metal top of a digital scale. From right to left, the largest one is pink; the middle one is pink and smaller because it's been used; the final one is white and it's very small because it's been used a lot.

Thanks for joining me for part two of this short series of posts post-Zoom workshop on shampoo bars! I’m going through the chat from the workshop to answer questions we discussed in the workshop and questions I didn’t get to as there was so much going on, and I want to make sure I addressed...

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Zoom workshop on shampoo bars! Link to the replay video! Questions about substituting surfactants, my equipment, using starches, and loads of links to great information! (Formulation and Innovation subscribers)

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Woo hoo! That Zoom workshop was fun, eh? I’ve been going through the chat and I’ll be answering some of those questions here. I did answer a lot in the workshop, but let’s go through and make sure they’re answered properly with links and such. This post consists mostly of short answers to the questions...

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