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Woo hoo, here’s the e-book for February 2026! Sorry for the 24 hour delay. Thank you for your patience. The e-book is a huge book about hydrolyzed proteins and amino acids – a reference book at over 41,000 words – with nine formulas for a foaming facial cleanser. This might be my biggest monthly e-book…