Gels: Hair styling products

In my excitement about esters, I totally forgot about hair styling gels! I don’t use them much myself – my hair doesn’t really do “style” that well – but I do like to make them for my mom, who has really spiky hair. Gels are a perfect vehicle for conditioning agents. Sure, you can make...

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Sushi soap!

The Soap Queen has done it again – SUSHI SOAP! (Yes, I am obsessed with sushi. I like to eat it and craft various things either looking like it or using sushi fabric! This is a picture from my new sunglasses case. The tutorial will be posted in a couple of weeks…) Click on the...

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Better crafting through chemistry: Esters

So what the heck is an ester and how or why would I want to use them in our bath and body creations? An ester is a molecule that has undergone esterification. (Wow, that was clear, eh?) Esterification is a chemical reaction – for our purposes between a carboxylic acid (like a fatty acid from...

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Lovely scientist loves science – web link

Take a few moments today to check out Joanne’s science site – Lovely Scientist Loves Science – for the science of beauty section. Learn about the science of mascara and why hair turns grey. She appears to have a thing for Ben Goldacre…and who wouldn’t? He’s my future nominee for Geek Man of the Month....

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Mineral make-up: Part 15: Green with chromium hydroxide green

Chromium hydroxide green is a minty green, perfect for creating your minty green eye shadows. Basic chromium hydroxide green 1 part eye shadow base1 part chromium hydroxide greenYou can use this as the base for many eye shadows. Add 1 part mica – silver, yellow, gold, and so on – and see what you create!...

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