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Dimethicone shows up a lot in facial products because it has a silky, dry feeling that doesn’t feel too heavy. We find it in moisturizers, sera, and primers for this very reason. I made a lovely water-in-silicone serum recently using Lotioncrafter’s serum SE. If this idea interests you, I cannot stress enough how easy it...

Dimethicone has a lot to offer in our body care products. In body care products, it works as a barrier ingredient, emollient, lubricant, carrier/diluent detackifier, and and skin protectant (one of three approved by the FDA). You can use it in products as diverse as body lotion and lip balm to offer shine, glide, and protection...

If your name is Jean and you donated for a facial products e-book today, please send me an address at which I can contact you! The one you sent me doesn’t work!  It’s too hot to think around here lately. I know it’s not that incredibly hot city in Iran, which reached an almost record...

For the record, my recipes are pH balanced. Unless you’re adding something really alkaline or really acidic, you shouldn’t need to alter them. If you need to alter the pH of something, those strips really aren’t great at testing anything accurate. I encourage you to get a pH meter if you’re going to be altering...

I love love love chamomile extract! You can find it in a few different versions – essential oil, water soluble powdered extract, and hydrosol. I prefer the powdered extract and hydrosol as I can’t really stand the smell of the stuff. I think it smells a bit earthy and musty, which is something I just...