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Raymond Nichols Cold ties are long thin scarves containing polymer crystals that soak up water. You tie them around your neck for the hot months after soaking them in water, and they keep you cool during the day. I couldn’t make it through the summer without them! (I’ve even made a pillow out of them! Summer and...
As I mentioned yesterday, I love d-Limonene and can find a use for it in almost everything! Remember to add d-Limonene to any water based or surfactant based products by using equal parts d-Limonene and polysorbate 20 as your emulsifier/solubilizer. If you are creating an oil based product – and I haven’t been able to...
Raymond forwarded me this link on Instructables – Homemade Sunscreen – and I have to rant about it! Please don’t think me bitter or mean! Someone eager to make lotion will try this and be disappointed and never try it again, and they’ve lost out on the joys we have found! Or they’ll get a...
I was reviewing my New Year’s resolutions, and I am still not organized. I am the messiest person in the world. I’m not exaggerating. I am truly disorganized and messy in every single sense of the word. I am a moving tornado, messing up everything I touch. My car is messy, my room is messy,...
Let’s re-formulate our body butter to make a very moisturizing, less occlusive, more soothing moisturizer suitable for making our sun parched skin happy during the summer months! We’re not going to change the purpose of this body butter, but we’re going to switch out a few ingredients to maximize its benefits for this time of...