Hey, Innovation subscribers! The new e-book – The big book of hydrolyzed proteins & amino acids, hair actives – is here!

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Get your basics beyond basic with my newest, massive 173 page e-book, The big book of hydrolyzed proteins & amino acids, hair actives, part three of this series for April 2026. Learn to make seriously awesome advanced leave in conditioners, rinse-off conditioners, hair masks, and an awesome hair, skin & scalp spray with botanicals ingredients...

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Chemistry Thursday: An overview of polyatomic ions – part 49

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Let’s talk about polyatomic ions a bit more in the next few parts of this series as we work our way to solubility and acid/base reactions. We’ve been learning about solubility of ions and polyatomic ions Why do we care about Polyatomic ions? Because they show up all over cosmetic chemistry as citrates, lactates, sulphate,...

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Chemistry Thursday: Rules about solubility, part 48

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Welcome to part 48 of this Introduction to cosmetic chemistry series in which we’ll be learning about rules of solubility along with a bit more on polyatomic ions. An important note about this series – it’s here for life. It isn’t going anywhere. If you want to take a break or take a few weeks...

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Zoom workshop on pH meters: Let’s answer some questions from the Zoom workshop!

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Woo hoo! That was another fun Zoom workshop last Sunday on pH – testing and adjusting pH in a foaming facial cleanser formula along with learning how to calibrate our meters and test with pH strips. Let’s go through the questions you had in the chat! Check out part one of this two part series...

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