Emulsifiers: Emulthix (aka RM-2051)

As you may or may not know, I was fortunate enough to visit Jen at Lotioncrafter in April. And it’s taken me quite some time to inventory all the amazing ingredients she gave me before I started crafting with them. One of my new favourites is Emulthix or RM-2051 (INCI: Sodium Polyacrylate (and) Dimethicone (and) Cyclopentasiloxane...

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Weekend Wonderings: Adding clay to a lotion?

In this post, Modifying our lotions into creams, Dawn asks: I’d like to use your thick cream recipe and add bentonite and kaolin clay to make it an exfoliating foot scrub. Can I simply add the clays to the finished cream at safe usage rates? Adding clay really can be as easy as adding a certain...

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My first e-zine is available to Patreon subcribers today!

If you’re a subscriber for the blog at the $10 level through Patreon, today you’ll see the first of my e-zines, Summer Products, available for download! You’ll get 31 pages of exclusive to the e-zine recipes for summer products, like aloe vera gels, light summery lotions, and beachy hair sprays, as well as my favourite...

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Weekend Wonderings: All about Swift!

In this post, Ultra Bubbly Bubble Bath, HG moisturizer asks: Not sure if this was asked before but I’m really curious, how did you learn to formulate when you first started out? There aren’t many schools that teach this and other than your blog (WHICH I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR!!!) I never seem to find...

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Subscribers’ exclusive: How do I choose which products you’ve suggested to duplicate?

This is a great question, and one I should have addressed earlier! I originally thought I would choose one product, and duplicate that. But then you all started sending me such interesting products, it became hard to choose just one! The way it’s worked so far is that when someone posts a duplicate product idea,...

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