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Sweeteababy suggested that we take a look at the Giovanni Direct Leave In Conditioner. (If you’d like to make a suggestion for a product we could duplicate, please click on this link and leave me an accurate ingredient list and a link to the product somewhere on the ‘net.) Let’s take a look at each...
I have to start this post off with two points of interest. One, I can’t get onto the site for this product, so I have to rely upon Photoshadow’s ingredient list (which I’m sure is accurate). I either get a 404 message or a warning that the site isn’t safe for my computer. Weird. Two,...
Yesterday we took a look at Lush’s Sugar Plum Fairies scrub, but I feel this won’t be moisturizing enough for most skin types. I think it will be lovely and scrubby, but it’s more about the bubbles and lather than about the moisturizing. So let’s take a look at how we can modify this product...
Anonymous (didn’t leave a name!) suggested in the duplicating post that we take a look at replicating Lush’s Sugar Plum Fairies scrub. (If you’d like to make a suggestion, click on the link and give me the full name, an accurate ingredient list, and a link to the product!) Sugar (Sucrose): This is the scrubby...
Thanks to everyone who entered their recipes for consideration for this contest! (The previous post can be found here.) The winner is…well, no one. No one tried to duplicate this. I’m hoping the reason I didn’t get any submissions was due to all that formulating you’re doing in the workshop or because this product wasn’t...