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Experiments in the workshop: Making foaming shower oils with Lumorol K 5229 (INCI: MIPA-Laureth Sulfate, Laureth-4, Propylene Glycol)

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Welcome back to this short series on using this new-to-me ingredient, LUMOROL K 5229 (INCI: MIPA-Laureth Sulfate, Laureth-4, Propylene Glycol), an anionic blend of surfactants that create waterless foamy, bubbly, lathery™ cleansers, like shower oils, oil-based cleansers, foaming bath products, foaming bath cubes, and more combinations with oils of all sorts along with fragrance/essential oils...

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Creating an awesome shaving bar for my gorgeous husband, Raymond, that would work as a hair or body conditioning bar (part five, the formulas!)

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Welcome back to this five part series on how to make a super silky & smoothing babassu, jojoba & carrot tissue oil shaving or body conditioning bar! In part one, we took a look at the original formulas with instructions for making a babassu & macadamia nut beard or hair conditioner that works well as...

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Creating an awesome shaving bar for my gorgeous husband, Raymond, that would work as a hair or body conditioning bar (part one, initial formula) 

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Waaaay back in Winter 2019 – in the Before Times – I taught a conditioner bar class at Voyageur Soap & Candle and shared this formula as a solid conditioner bar, shaving bar, or body conditioning bar formula. We made some changes based on the ingredients we had at hand* – you’ll see those shortly...

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Blast from the past: Emulsified sugar scrubs (aka body polishes) with a base formula and so many links!

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May 18, 2023: With summer coming, I know we’re all thinking about exfoliating and scrubbing and doing all kinds of moisturizing, so here’s my long post on emulsified scrubs! You can make with all sorts of exfoliants – sugar, salt, pumice, jojoba beads, walnut shells, and anything else you like! It’s super simple – melt,...

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Creating a blueberry, carob, yucca & cornsilk conditioning shampoo for oily hair (part four): The formula and process! 

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Welcome back to this four part series in which we’re making a shampoo filled with a veritable botanical bounty of fantastic ingredients for normal to oily hair! In part one, Creating a blueberry, carob, yucca & cornsilk conditioning shampoo for oily hair (part one): Overview and choosing surfactants!, we looked at what it meant to...

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