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Thanks for sticking around to the end of this series. I know for some this might seem like a very dry subject and some of you are yelling at the screen for me to shut up about chemistry stuff and get to the formulas, but if you have a curious mind and want to learn...
What’s the silliest mistake you’ve made so far when making bath & body products? I had an almost mistake back in 2006, when I started this awesome journey. I had a terrible cold, one that had my sinuses so stuffed, I couldn’t lay down to sleep without feeling like I was drowning. Could I use...
I know this has been a long series on surfactants – more than 12,000 words so far, so more than an e-zine- and I don’t want to stretch it out further, but I wanted your opinions! I have a post ready for tomorrow where we take a look at a few surfactants to see how...
Given the incredible success of the post on where to get supplies in Europe, I thought I’d ask our readers from the lands down under to share their favourite suppliers in the comments section of this post! Please share your experiences with the supplier (good selection, shipping, and so on) and if they have some...
Yeah, I know, you ask me the time, I teach you how to build a clock. But isn’t this all so much more fun than a sentence or two on the topic? In our post last Wednesday, we took a look at a few ways we might define what it means for a surfactant to...