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Hi everyone! As I mentioned in my update on December 9th, I’m struggling to get November’s e-book done, so I wasn’t able to get an e- book out for December. Instead we’re offering a $25 coupon! Woo hoo! Click here to see the shop on this site, always located under the “shop” tab in the...
We’re about to meet a gorgeous new age-defying sheet mask with peptides created by the awesome Natalie Skiller, and I realized I hadn’t shared an ingredient profile for sclerotium gum, outside of my e-book, Rheology modifiers: Hydrocolloids, which is quite the oversight. So let’s take a look at this non-ionic thickening and suspending rheology modifier...
In the monthly Q&A, Arianna asked, I just discovered Jeecide CAP-7 on your site and I am very intrigued and excited to try it! I have been using Leucidal SF MAX, but I want to use something more legitimate given everything I have been reading about it recently, including your posts. I am hoping that...
A very merry Christmas to those who celebrate and a very wonderful December 25th to those who don’t from little Sasja, Raymond, and me. I hope this day finds you happy and healthy and full of chocolate! We’re having a day of lovely chemistry related presents – I love my new periodic table blanket! – … Read more
Welcome back to this short series on using refatting ingredients in a body cleansing bar to make it more emollient or moisturizing. In part one, we looked at the definition of refatting and super- fatting and decided which ingredients offer these properties. In part two, we met a formula for a solid body cleansing bar,...