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.
For June 2021 subscribers only. You can buy the e-book from the store if you weren’t a subscriber for the month of June 2021. Click here for the e-book. Woo hoo! Check out this month’s e-book on one of my favourite topics – hair care products! I’ve written 74 pages, almost 25,00 words, with 21...
FOR JULY 2020 $10 SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Thanks so much for your patience waiting for this month’s e-book! I love conditioners so much, that if it hadn’t been for having a month end deadline, I’d still be writing! This month’s massive e-zine – The big book of conditioners, two: Building conditioners – is all about creating...
In this post, Patreon Q&A: What’s a good vegan replacement for panthenol?, Doris asked for some ideas for substitutions for panthenol as she was worried it wasn’t vegan. The versions I’ve been using are vegan, but it’s fun to think of other ingredients we might use in our products, so let’s take a look at...
In this post, Patreon Q&A: What’s a good vegan replacement for panthenol?, Doris asked for some ideas for substitutions for panthenol as she was worried it wasn’t vegan. The version I’ve been using are vegan, but it’s fun to think of other ingredients we might use in our products, so let’s take a look at...
In this post, we took a look at a few ingredients we could use as possible replacements for panthenol in hair care products as Doris was concerned that panthenol might be derived from animal sources. We ascertained that the versions I have at home from Voyageur Soap & Candle, Lotioncrafter, and Making Cosmetics are vegan,...