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Susan Barclay-Nichols Welcome to Workshop Stadium. This week the Chairman, Raymond (my lovely husband), has chosen the first Iron Chemist ingredient – sodium lactate. Here are the rules. Every week I will ask my husband to choose a number between 1 and 9. These represent boxes of supplies in my workshop. Once he has chosen a number,...
Merry Christmas! I’m taking the day off to make merry, jingle a few bells, open some presents, and spend some time with my friends and family. I’ll be back on Boxing Day with more cosmetic chemistry fun, but for now I’m off to eat my mom’s amazing Christmas cake, enjoy some Christmas pudding, and help...
No doubt you’ve come across recipes that use grams or ounces and you might be asking yourself, “How do I convert this into a percentage based recipe?” The other question you might ask yourself is, “Why do I want to convert this into a percentage based recipe?” and I’ll answer that one first. It’s best...
Only 2 more days to go until Christmas, so if you don’t have your presents made already, it might be too late. Or is it? If you’re looking for some last minute, easy to make, no fail presents, here are a few ideas for you… Lotion bars: Give yourself an hour to weigh, melt, and...
I’m just curious why people seem to like grapeseed oil so much. (I’m writing this post as I’ve been receiving a lot of e-mails from people wanting to make seeking all natural products and it seems like most of them want to use grapeseed oil!) It has high levels of linoleic acid, but so do...