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.
I live in a pretty humid part of the world – about 100 km east of Vancouver, B.C. – but there are a few weeks every year where it gets so dry, I swear I lose 10 pounds in water weight! We have two humidifiers going around the clock right now, but my skin definitely...
I might live in Canada, but snow in the south-western portion of B.C. is pretty uncommon. Okay, not as rare as snow in California, for instance, but we don’t get a lot of it – maybe a few weeks a year, and it generally turns to slush when the rain starts again. Apparently we’re in...
Happy first day of December! (And happy birthday to my mom!) I know it isn’t winter until December 21 – coincidentally, my birthday – but December always feels like winter to me! The wonderful thing about making our own products is the ability to adapt our recipes to any situation…in this case, the harshness of...