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In this post, Weekday Wonderings: Figuring out the melting point, Melanie asks: Will emulsification always be immediate? I made your “pirate” beard conditioner last night and at first when i just poured it and and stirred it looked emulsified though yellowish. Then oil drops started forming. It wasn’t until I blended it with the hand mixer...
With the cold winter weather here and promising to get colder, I thought I’d make an emulsified sugar scrub with watermelon seed oil. It’s a good choice as it contains a lot of linoleic acid, which will help speed up skin’s barrier repair mechanisms. Let’s take a look at how I modified one of my...
I hate it when I hear “last minute” on the 18th of December. I’ve barely started shopping or crafting, and you’re calling it last minute? But I thought it might grab your attention, so I used it in the subject line of this post. For shame, Susan! There’ll be coal in my stocking this year!...
Watermelon seed oil (INCI Citrullus lanatus (watermelon) seed oil) is a pale yellow, light to medium weight, slightly greasy feeling oil that comes from the watermelon seed. The version I have is cold expeller pressed, but you can find solvent extracted versions. It contains 11% palmitic acid (C16), 10% stearic acid (C18:0), 15% oleic acid...
In the What do you want to know post, J asked: I always wonder which products it’s worth making. I know that there’s plenty of fun to be had from pottering around being crafty, but I suppose I’d like to know which things I can make that will save me money/be better quality than shop...