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Only 21 days until Christmas! I’ll be posting a few tutorials for how to engage your kids and teens in making handmade products for the holidays…stay tuned for more! I love making bubble bath and body wash with my craft groups. It’s such fun to see what colour and fragrance combinations they come up with,...
Isn’t palmitoleic acid pretty? Sea buckthorn oil is a fantastic addition to just about any product you create, but at low levels because is such an expensive oil. Facial serums (shouldn’t that be sera?) for dry or oily skin, and facial moisturizers are great places to use sea buckthorn oil. If you’re looking for an...
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Susan wrote this in response to my request for more product duplication challenges: My daughter loves the bath jelly from Lush and I am going broke. Could you have a go at the recipe? I can’t say no to a fellow Susan (by the way – want to join the Association for Changing the name...
Virgin coconut oil is very similar in fatty acid make-up to coconut oil, but they are processed differently. Whereas coconut oil is taken from the dry kernel of the coconut, virgin coconut oil (or VCO) is taken from the coconut meat itself, being “wet milled” at first, then “dry pressed” coconut milk. This process may...