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Testing lip balms & lotion bars with esters!

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As part of our ester series, Emrys and I have been testing many different lip balms and lotion bars with solid esters to check their pour temperature, colour pay off, skin feel, flavour oil retention, prettiness, and more. Solid esters used in place of butters can increase colour deposition and may feel less greasy, more silky,...

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Creating a lotion bar from scratch using rice bran wax (part three)

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Welcome back to this series on creating lotion bars with rice bran wax! We started by taking a look at what rice bran wax was all about, then we added rice bran wax to a lotion bar with soy wax, then we created a basic lotion bar from scratch. Yesterday, we had some fun altering the...

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Creating a lotion bar from scratch using rice bran wax (part two)

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Welcome back to this series on creating lotion bars with rice bran wax! We started by taking a look at what rice bran wax was all about, then we added rice bran wax to a lotion bar with soy wax, then we created a basic lotion bar from scratch. Today, let’s take a look at altering...

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Creating a lotion bar from scratch with rice bran wax (part one)

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Welcome back to this short series on using rice bran wax. First, we met this awesome plant-based wax, then we modified a lotion bar formula to have a higher melting point with it. Today, let’s take a look at creating a lotion bar from scratch with it. If you’ve never made lotion bars before, may...

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Creating a lotion bar using rice bran wax!

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Yesterday, we spent some time taking a look at rice bran wax. Today, let’s take a look at how we might use it in a lotion bar! I teach this version of a softer lotion bar with soy wax that works really well as a massage bar in my eco skin care class at Voyageur Soap...

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