Welcome to the home of SwiftCraftyMonkey Formulating Inc.! Join Susan as she obsesses about cosmetic chemistry and other things (some possibly related to monkeys)! Here you’ll find over 5,000 posts and formulas written over the past 16 years for everything from lotions, creams, and body butters to hair care products to fancy facial products filled with actives and cosmeceuticals! Enjoy the site without distractions – no ads, pop ups, sponsored posts, affiliate links, “one weird tricks” – all supported by readers like you.
Take a look at the right hand side of this blog and scroll down to where it says “links to lists”! There you’ll find pages I’ve created for general topics like oils & butters, extracts, and skin chemistry & skin types so you can find them all in one handy dandy place without having to...
You know I’m a chemistry fan – hey, I married a man named Nichols so I could be Susan Ni2 – so here are a few most excellent periodic tables for your amusement…The periodic table of awesomements! It’s so awesome, it should have its own place on the periodic table of awesomements…which gets into a...
I’m always fascinated by what we don’t know about stuff. We can put a man on the moon and create robots and describe in minute detail how someone dies of a heart attack, but we do not know the complete breakdown of all the chemical compounds found in garlic or what makes up 85% of...
I’ve been reading a lot about chemicals lately, I’ve made a big decision – I’m going chemical free! I’m getting rid of all the chemicals in my bath & body products, my household products, my food, my car, and my life. I’m chemical free and loving it! Argh…can’t breathe…air leaving lungs…(sound of me falling dead...
It was one year ago today that I started writing daily posts on this blog with an emphasis on the chemistry and formulating of bath and body products! And to celebrate…we’re having ribs! (Okay, they’re virtual ribs for you, but look at that wonderful rub and the smoking box…you know they’re going to be tasty!)...