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Thank you to everyone for sending me all your kind thoughts about my back. It is getting better, but sitting up is still pretty painful. I’ve been going to massage twice a week, and it helps so much! I’m not ready to get into the workshop as I can’t stand for a long time, but...
It’s been a long two weeks, but the pain is getting better every day! I am sitting up for long periods of time, and the shooting pains have stopped. I managed to go to work on Friday for a bit and went out for dinner last night. I’m planning a morning at the gym –...
This past week was supposed to be filled with all kinds of experiments with my new ingredients as I enjoyed a holiday from work…except I trashed my back organizing the workshop last Monday and I’ve been bed ridden since! I think this is the worst pain I’ve endured in my life, which is saying a...
If you have a very dark coloured oil, like sea buckthorn or unrefined hemp seed oil, test it out on your skin for a few days in the same spot before using it. Some paler skinned people might go a little orange when using these dark oils, and testing it before adding it to that...
Kneeley asked a great question: If we were to make say, a shampoo and a conditioner, and maybe a leave in all for the same person or same hair type that are meant to be used together, would we need to make alterations to the recipes for things such as glycerin, proteins etc due to...