Weekend Wonderings

Weekend Wonderings: Using salicylic acid without alcohol and making a face cream absorb better

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In the Weekend Wondering post, Topher asks: I want to create a 2% salicylic acid toner without alcohol. I noticed that in your toner recipes you do not use alcohol, yet the SA is completely dissolved. How do you do this?  To be honest, I use white willow bark most of the time because I don’t...

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Weekend Wonderings: Product contamination and jars, cetyl alcohol and substantivity, and freezing our ingredients

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In this post on how much cetyl alcohol to add to BTMS-25, Rosi asks: Will our leave in conditioner get contaminated if we keep sticking our hand into it and applying to hair? Maybe. I’m always apprehensive about sticking my hand or fingers into any of my products because you never know what is lurking on...

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(Early) Weekend Wonderings: Using Honeyquat in a sugar scrub and creating a double boiler

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My midterm went well – an A! – and life is getting less busy, so I thought I’d start this Friday off with some comments you’ve made over the last two weeks! I love hearing from you, so please comment wherever you can and I’ll be sure to see it! Or visit the Weekend Wonderings...

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Weekend Wonderings: Professional infusions, SCI vs. ACI, and shampoo in foamer bottles?

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MAKING INFUSIONS?The post I wrote about not making our own teas or infusions caused quite the controversy earlier this week. In that post, MsClogs asks: What would you say a professional cosmetic scientist would do to make a “safe” botanical oil infusion that the home crafter would potentially not do or be able to do?...

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Weekend Wonderings: Using liquid extracts, freezing butters, and using different preservatives!

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INTO WHICH PHASE SHOULD WE PUT LIQUID EXTRACTS?In this Weekend Wondering post on using extracts, Karen asks: Hi Susan. I was wondering if using liquid oil soluble extracts would they be included as part of the oil % phase or water phase?  If something is oil soluble, you put it with the oil soluble ingredients. If...

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