The home of SwiftCraftyMonkey! Join Susan as she obsesses about cosmetic chemistry and other things (some possibly related to monkeys). Often strange, occasionally useful, and always worth a stop as a point of interest on your journey through the Intertron.
I’m so excited that Windy Point Soap Making Supplies Inc. brought in Iselux Ultra Mild Surfactant (INCI: Water (and) Sodium Lauroyl Methyl Isethionate (and) Cocamidoapropyl Betaine (and) Sodium Methyl Oleoyl Taurate (and) Lauryl Glucoside (and) Coco-Glucoside). It’s a super mild blend of #foamybubblylathery™️ surfactants with fluffy, creamy, elegant foam and lather, like its relative, sodium … Read more
We’re home! It was an amazing trip, but I’m completely exhausted, tired to the point of being nauseated. I need a few days to sleep and rest, and to process and sort out all the stuff we learned at In Cosmetics Global! As I mentioned in this post, my laptop is dead. The hard drive … Read more
Hi everyone! I thought I’d give you an update on where we are and what’s happening around the blog. Our trip to Liverpool has been amazing and wonderful with loads of walking and talking and visits to the chippie. I’ve eaten my weight in gala pie – pork pie with egg inside – and Monster … Read more
EEEEE! I can’t believe we’re leaving today! First, we’re off to Liverpool, England, where my parents were born to visit family and scatter my mom’s ashes. At the end of the month, we’re off to London to meet up with Jane Barber (of Making Skincare and one of my partners in crime at Learn Cosmetic Formulation) … Read more
I’m so excited to have the amazing Ginger L. Moore, owner of Neos Skin Care™ and aromatherapist, as a guest writer with her own column here on the blog, Going beyond essential oil trends with Ginger L Moore, where she’ll be sharing all her expertise and wisdom about essential oils with us! She’s an amazing … Read more
Welcome to March with its miserable Smarch weather*. Where I live in the Fraser Valley, B.C., this means rain rain rain and more rain. I don’t mind it as we get all kinds of lovely flowers, including amazing cherry blossoms, but my hair requires so much anti-frizz spray to keep it from being unmanageable! It’s … Read more
Happy anniversary, blog! Today is the 10th anniversary of the date I consider to be the starting point of the blog, the day I started writing exclusively about creating bath & body products. If you had told me on February 28, 2009, that this little blog would lead to a life of writing and teaching … Read more
PLEASE NOTE: If you’re a $10 subscriber and want to download the coupon for the e-zine, please visit this post to obtain your coupon code. That is the only place you can find the coupon code. Since I’m calling this Learn to Formulate February, it only seemed appropriate that we should continue this theme into … Read more
On Monday, we took a look at hydrogenation, whether it can turn an oil into a trans fat, some naturally occurring trans fats, and, finally, if hydrogenated thingies are bad for our skin, and on Tuesday, we took a look at the molecular structure of oils and plastics. Today, let’s move on to the second … Read more
Yesterday, we took a look at hydrogenation, whether it can turn an oil into a trans fat, some naturally occurring trans fats, and, finally, if hydrogenated thingies are bad for our skin. Today, let’s take a look at the molecular structure of oils and plastics. Let’s recall the paragraph that started this tirade…I mean, chemistry … Read more