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Raymond Nichols I hope you enjoyed the card making class yesterday. I was surprised at how many of you liked the lime green cards – I came home with purple and pink, but every last lime green one was gone! If you liked the cupcake punch, I bought it at Michael’s in the Martha Stewart section, although...
I figured since we were talking about bottles, how about foamer bottles? I found this one with the lime green top and couldn’t resist buying it. So I had to formulate something to go in it! So what’s the deal with foamer bottles? It’s a bottle that foams. You’re using very little product to get...
Again, form should follow function when it comes to caps. What are you dispensing? Disc cap: Ah, the humble disc cap. It’s good for pretty much every product with its tiny opening that allows surfactants, lotions, toners, and all your other products to come out with a squish! It’s not great for thick lotions –...
What are iridescent micas and how do you use them?As you can see from this picture of splendid green (Suds & Scents), iridescent micas (sometimes called sparkles or opalescents) are micas that pick up the colours around them. In the case of an iridescent green, for instance, you are going to pick up the colours...
I know a malibu or tottle bottle isn’t really an alternative to a “bottle” because we consider them to be a bottle, but they are a fantastic way to package hair care products, surfactant systems, and lotions. They’re also cheaper than using a pump bottle for thick creams, but you do run the risk of...