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I’m a big fan of using powdered extracts to add some extra oomph to my facial cleansers. They tend to be inexpensive – for instance, $3 to $5 for 10 grams – and we only need a bit to go a long way. Let’s take a look at these botanical extracts and see how they...
Adding aloe vera can take your facial cleanser from great to freakin’ awesome, so let’s take a look at why we might include this ingredient to a facial cleanser! For this series, I encouraged you to get aloe vera liquid. I generally add 10% of this wonderfui liquid to act as a film former, emollient,...
I’m so glad you’re enjoying the facial cleansers you’ve made (original recipe, then the modified recipe can be found in those links)! So let’s add a few more things to the mix! As I modify recipes, I ask myself a few questions…What’s the goal of this product?What will I be using after this recipe on...
In this post, Why the heck did I buy this and what can I do with it Wednesday: Sea kelp extract, Carmit80 asks: For foaming cleansers I see you don’t add any carrier oils as an emollient. Would this be possible or even effective? Would l we then need to add the emulsifiers? Thanks! There...
Hi everyone! For those of you playing along at home, I’d really like to see your facial cleanser recipes as we make them. I know some of you have made huge changes – like Anna who used decyl glucoside and SCI! – and it would be awesome to see what you’re doing so others can...