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Susan Barclay-Nichols More awesome creations from our craft group where we had a little fun with fleece! Jay’s Bob-Bomb in fleece is a work of art (it’s a character in Mario Brothers’ games) that took him the full two hours, and they had great fun making scarves and pillows with appliques in the group. Fleece is a...
Another week, another Iron Chemist challenge!. I love rice bran oil and use it by the bucketload in so many products I make, so it was hard to create two products in which I could use it in a different way. I chose to add to the challenge this week and attempt to duplicate two products...
I recently bought some Vitamin C in the hopes of using it in my products. So let’s see what this vitamin brings to the party! Vitamin C is a water soluble anti-oxidant has been proven in studies to be an anti-inflammatory that can stimulate collagen formation, lighten skin, treat hyperpigmentation, and heal wounds. It’s water...
It’s been a really busy week at work, so I’ve had little time to write blog posts or get into the workshop. So let’s take a look in the virtual mailbag to see what question or interesting things have shown up (and as you can tell by the photo, I’m always excited to get mail!)....
I’m asked all the time about how to make infusions or steeped teas for use in our products, and I generally give the same answer – don’t. I know it sounds like a great idea to use something like green tea – both plentiful and inexpensive at the local grocery store – but inexperienced formulators...