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In this month’s Q&A, Ann asked, Hi Susan, I have a question about using allantoin in a balm. I found a formula (I dont want to link again if it’s going to be marked as spam but the title is ‘using allantoin in balm’) that used 5% (five whole percents not 0.5!) allantoin mixed into the...
In this month’s Q&A, Big G asked, Hi Susan, been subscribing for a while but this is my first time asking a question. I’ve been tweaking an anhydrous balm but my recent batch all had circles/clumps where the beeswax looks like it solidified separately from the rest of the constituents (not sure that’s what happened but...
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Please note, I’ve written a longer post on making whipped butters that you can find here –Last minute, easy, and festively impressive Christmas crafting: Creating decadent, moisturizing, whipped butters! (Part one) – that’s updated for December 2021! Original opening for this post in May 7, 2013: Sorry for the break in these posts, but it’s been...