My Internet is down!

A quick note to those of you who may have donated any time since the wee hours of Wednesday (Pacific time)…I can’t send anything out to you at the moment. Our Internet will be out until at least Thursday. And since I have craft group Thursday night and won’t be home until late, I think...

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Creating products: Questions about mixing (updated)

There’s been a lot of interest about mixing our products, and a lot of questions have arisen, so let’s take a look at a few of the comments from the post on this topic! Anonymous asked this question: Hi Susan thank you for the wonderful information so generously given here. After reading you post on blending...

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Creating products: Combining the two phases – mixing! (updated)

There are so many theories on how to mix your products after combining the two phases, so I’m just going to share with you what I do! Remember that we need three things for a great emulsion… chemical emulsification – this is where our emulsifier comes in. Pick a good emulsifier and use it at...

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Question: Mixing oils and water

In the most recent what do you want to see? post, Ben writes: Hi Susan! I thought I’d ask you a simple “I want to know” request. I was wondering about the mixability of jojoba oil. Does it mix well with water, or does it need an emulsifier? What about mixing with oils? Also, beeswax for the same...

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Creating products: Combining the two phases! (updated)

After heating and holding, should we add the water phase to the oil phase or the oil phase to the water phase? My first instinct is to add the oil phase to the water phase as, generally, my water phase container is larger than the oil phase container. But then I read something two years...

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