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Thank you all for your patience as I try to get through all the Q&A for this month and last. You all ask such great questions, I find it hard to answer them without starting a new series. In the September Q&A, Charlette asked a question about how large companies manage to preserve products with … Read more
Yep, my little friend is back and he’s been very naughty! (You can catch up on the story and get the details up to August here…) Seems Hamsa aka Ryuugan aka Peredhil aka Elrond and so on has been selling other people’s work in various groups in the sad, pathetic attempt to make himself appear … Read more
Sorry for the silence this week, but I’ve been furiously working on this month’s e-zine – Mineral make-up & colour cosmetics – and resting after a super fun but exhausting day at Voyageur Soap & Candle last Saturday. Subscribers can click here to download the formula package! You’ll find formulas for whipped butters, foaming bath … Read more
Check out this month’s new e-zine – Mineral make-up & colour cosmetics! I’ve been dying to share my mineral make-up formulas with you for quite some time, and we’ve finally put together my favourite formulas for pressed eye shadows, loose eye shadows, glitter gel, translucent finishing powder, and nail polish as well as formulas for...
Thank you so much for subscribing to the blog! I have to clarify a few things about being a $10 member as people aren’t noticing where we’re shared it in three different places. Being a $10 subscriber won’t get you access to every e-zine I’ve ever produced. If you think about it for a moment, it … Read more