The home of SwiftCraftyMonkey Formulating Inc.! Join Susan as she obsesses about cosmetic chemistry and other things (some possibly related to monkeys). Often strange, occasionally useful, and always worth a stop as a point of interest on your journey through the Intertron.
I’ll be away for a few days – probably until Thursday or Friday – on our end of summer camping trip. Not really sure where we’ll end up as we plan to pack up the car with all the stuff we need and we’ll start driving. When we get somewhere we like, we’ll stop driving...
It’s been a great but busy week as I’ve been offering craft groups every day! Yesterday, our local TV station stopped by to interview Raymond and me about our groups, the blog, and my obsession with cosmetic chemistry. Today we had 19 tweens make bubble bath from scratch followed by 26 teens making mud masks,...
Why are you scared to make a lotion, a shampoo bar, a conditioner (and so on)? What’s holding you back from getting into the workshop and trying something new? I know, there’s the chance of wasting supplies, and wasting time, but those wastes will teach you something you can use for your next project, which...
The Presidents of the United States had it right when they sang about peaches – there are indeed million of peaches, peaches for me and Raymond and Wanda and my mom and everyone else I know! (If you have no idea what I’m talking about, click here for the video, which is a good representation of a...
Okay, so not everything in the world is a chemical. (Shock and horror! Gasp!) Electrons, protons, and neutrons are not chemicals – they’re parts of a chemical, but not chemical themselves. (Thank you to my wonderful husband for pointing THAT out!)When should we include panthenol? Everything I’ve read indicates the liquid form can be heat...