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Beginners! Let’s talk basics about formulas! (Updated 2024)

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If you’re new or relatively new to formulating, I thought it’d be valuable to look at some concepts you might want to know about formulas and such. Where to find information the site!  I have a massive section for beginners on the site, found under the “resources” tab called beginners! start here! You can find...

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Make today, gift tomorrow: Let’s play with foaming bath butter (foaming bath whip) – part one

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Welcome to this short series I’m calling Make today, gift tomorrow! I’m sharing with you a number of formulas that you can actually make today and share tomorrow without fears about stability, preservation, scent or colour morphing, loss of viscosity, and all those other things that might happen to products over time. I’m promising you...

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How to get started making your own products: My story, resources, and loads of information on where to begin (updated November 2023)

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Welcome to all the new people on the blog! Thanks for joining us! I thought I’d re-post this article to share a bit about my formulating experiences and some ideas of where you could start yours. Since writing it, I’ve started the Newbie Tuesday beginners’ lotion making series/course and the Formulating Friday more advanced lotion...

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Let’s customize more shower oils using LUMOROL K 5229 using a combination of emollients (part six) 

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Welcome back to this getting-longer series on using LUMOROL K 5229 (INCI: MIPA-Laureth Sulfate, Laureth-4, Propylene Glycol), an anionic blend of surfactants that create waterless foamy, bubbly, lathery™ cleansers, like shower oils, oil-based cleansers, foaming bath products, foaming bath cubes, and more combinations with oils of all sorts along with fragrance/essential oils that will actually...

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Let’s make more shower oils with LUMOROL K 5229 using jojoba oil (part five)

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Welcome back to this short series on using LUMOROL K 5229 (INCI: MIPA-Laureth Sulfate, Laureth-4, Propylene Glycol), an anionic blend of surfactants that create waterless foamy, bubbly, lathery™ cleansers, like shower oils, oil-based cleansers, foaming bath products, foaming bath cubes, and more combinations with oils of all sorts along with fragrance/essential oils that will actually...

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