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If you’re following along with our upcoming Newbie Tuesday series for making facial products, here’s your equipment list. (If you take $20 and go down to the dollar store, you’ll get just about everything you need there!) Digital scale: You’ll want something that can weigh 1 gram (meaning there’s no decimal on the scale). You...
In the What do you want to know post, FC Brooks asks: My question has to do with the heating and holding part. It sounds important and useful: How exactly can you control the temperature to keep it stable for 20 minutes? There are many ways to keep the heated oil and heated water phases...
My midterm went well – an A! – and life is getting less busy, so I thought I’d start this Friday off with some comments you’ve made over the last two weeks! I love hearing from you, so please comment wherever you can and I’ll be sure to see it! Or visit the Weekend Wonderings...
If I thought I was scaring you with Chemistry Thursday, I must be terrifying you with Physics Friday! Please keep reading…it’s really interesting and relevant stuff! Recently someone asked me if using a giant mixing device on a drill was a good idea for larger batches of products! (See this post…) He brought up the...
I’ve already written quite a bit about this topic, so I’m just going to throw out a few ideas before I suggest you click on the links below for more information! If you are going to spend money on one thing, I suggest it should be your scale. Spend your money on a good digital...