Update for a wonderful Thursday!

It’s Thursday, and that means craft group at the library. But better yet, it means cosmetic chemistry crafting at the library tonight! We’re making fragrance sprays, whipped butters, and salt/sugar scrubs. I’m very excited! If you’d like to play along, here are the recipes we’ll be making tonight. If you have or know some kids,...

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The importance of temperature – an example

I know this seems like a really boring topic, but it’s one that we neglect at our peril. Temperature is such an important thing for our products, yet I see people arguing against heating and holding all the time. It is vital that we bring our lotion ingredients to the correct temperature to allow them to create...

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Honey: Using it in our products

Honey is a good humectant, so it might be a good addition for our products…but I would want to heat and hold it to get rid of any possible spores, and we know that subjecting honey to heat and/or light can break it down, so will it behave as a good humectant while in our...

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Happy Mother’s Day!

If you’re in North America, today’s the day to honour your mom! I’ve just finished making breakfast and we’re going out for a short trip to the garden store and the car wash! (I’m still in a fair bit of agony with my back, so I can’t do much! Herniated disks are not as much...

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Formulating for hair types – part 2…

Thanks for all your input in this thread on formulating for your hair types. In those comments, I noticed requests for quite a few topics on which I’ve written so far. (To see all the posts I’ve written on hair care and products, click on this link for the hair care section of the blog.) When...

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