The home of SwiftCraftyMonkey Formulating Inc.! 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.
Hi, everyone. Hope this final day of 2022 finds you well. This has been a hard year for me. I’ve spent a lot of this year dealing with low grade lymphoma, a type of lymphatic cancer that has had me travelling quite a bit to get all kinds of blood tests, ultrasounds, biopsies, surgery, CT … Read more
A very merry Christmas to you and yours for those who celebrate from Raymond, Sasja, and me! Hope you’re spending the day as you want – roasting chestnuts on an open fire, dashing through the snow, rocking around the Christmas tree, watching The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t in your underpants drinking egg nog…However you keep … Read more
So there’s a supplier who is selling what they’re calling Incroquat BTMS-50 (INCI: Behentrimonium methosulfate (and) cetyl alcohol (and) butylene glycol) and people are reporting it’s not working well in all kinds of formulas, leading to harder conditioner bars and failing emulsions. When I asked more questions of those customers, they said it came in a flake … Read more
December — my favourite time of year! We adopted little Sasja on December 16; Raymond and I celebrate 29 years as a couple on December 19; my birthday is December 21; we celebrate Christmas on the 25th; and I was adopted as a baby on December 31, so it’s kind of a second birthday. *There’s … Read more
Hey, everyone! One of the good friends of the blog – Lotioncrafter, owned by the very wonderful and fabulous Jen – is having a Black Friday sale, and I thought you might like to get in on it! A special treat for our customers- our sale starts earlier and lasts longer this year! Use code “LCTHANKS10” at checkout … Read more