Learning how to make your own skin care can be daunting, but it doesn’t have to be. Let’s go over what the difference is between body butter and lotion. As well as information about when you would want to use body butter over lotion and vice versa. Plus, there are links to recipes for both
Exfoliation is a common part of skin care, but choosing the right exfoliant is just as important as deciding to exfoliate in the first place. Sugar, salt, oats, botanical powders, and jojoba beads all offer different textures and levels of exfoliation. What works well in a foot scrub may be too abrasive for a facial
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So, you want to try out making your own cosmetics and skin care? Yay!! Be warned, that once you start making it, it gets pretty addicting. I still have a huge list of products that I want to learn how to make. In this post, I will go over the necessary materials and equipment that
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I personally enjoy assembling tabbed wicks from a spool of raw wick. Especially, because I like to make all kinds of different sized candles and I find it easier just to get the spools and cut it to my desired size. Prefer to watch this project instead of reading it? Why do you prime the
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We all know that oil and water don’t mix, because they are immiscible. So, how do we get immiscible ingredients to stay together? Emulsions! This is where our emulsifier comes in. Without an emulsifier, no matter how much you stirred the oils and water, once you stopped it would separate. Like attracts Like, that’s why
This is something that I have been wanting to get up on the blog for sometime now! You will be able to use this template for resizing all of your current recipes and to create formulas moving forward. Resizing a Current Recipe Resizing a recipe can be kind of difficult when you are first starting
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