Recent content by adelej

Update on the skin firming cream with Crothix It turned out GREAT. Couple of notes though... 1. This took a LOT of blending. A long time. It kept separating and I had to mix and mix and mix. As soon as it started to really get cool though, there was no separation. I have been using it...

I buy all of my supplies from voyageur in Surrey BC. this is their site: http://www.voyageursoapandcandle.com/Bo ... s_s/20.htm That is where I buy Mulifruit, AHA, Crothix, and pretty much everything else. Shipping has been cheap and fast for me (but I live in Vancouver).

Well I have heard that Crothix (a thickening agent) used typically in surfactant mixtures actually has some skin tightening abilities- I'm not sure if I would make this claim, but it's worth testing... I'm going to make a face gel-cream using it. This is a recipe I have found online that I...

Agree on the Liquid Germall Plus. It's my go-to for preservatives in lotions and creams. I believe Polawax is from vegetable sources, but you won't find a complete ingredient breakdown. I'm not sure there is much in the way of a 'natural' emulsifier, same with preservative- but both are...

I think adding titanium dioxide makes colours more opaque. Also using harder waxes maybe? I would like to know myself as I want to try making tinted balms and lipstick myself...

Different butters will do different things- I find cocoa butter, and kokum butter are firmer than shea for example. You could decrease the amount of butters and cetyl alcohol or lose them altogether. Cetyl alcohol does lend a nice glidey feeling though. To make a thinner lotion, try a...

Hi folks! Haven't crafted in the kitchen for a while but now that the holidays are done with I can get back to it! Last night I made a beautiful light face lotion with natural AHA (Multifruit BSC) and a thick creamy body lotion with Lactic Acid (AHA). I used both this morning and they are...

Hi folks! So I have really long hair (mid-back) that gets really stressed and dried out in the winter. Scalp gets oily, but ends are dry and actually CRUNCHY. Nasty. Last night, totally spur of the moment- I grabbed a 1 oz shot glass and mixed up the following: 1/2 oz jojoba oil 1/2 oz...

This is totally true, but it sure is nice to have a starting point to work from.

Tasha- I agree with you about the scent of lavender hydrosol!! It smells icky to me as well. But the scent of the seabuckthorn, chamomile and honeysuckle definitely overpowered it. I suppose you could skip the hydrosol altogether if you were worried. Or maybe sub rosemary or rose? I might...

To be honest Fragola- I had never even really thought about such things until I wanted to make a face lotion. I think if you're not using comedogenic oils/ingredients on areas that are prone to acne, anything on the list is fine. I mean, I use cocoa butter in body cream, but not anywhere near...

Two successes last night! As always, I must credit Susan at http://swiftcraftymonkey.blogspot.com/ for her tutorials and wealth of information on her site. After a few weeks of reading and researching, I felt ready to make a face cream for myself. I have acne prone skin that varies from dry...

As I mentioned in the header of the sheet: This spreadsheet is from here originally: http://www.zerozits.com/Articles/acnedetect.htm And I don't agree/disagree with any of it- I simply thought it may be useful to some. If you have a particular opinion/input/experience- please add it to...

Hi everyone, If you're like me, you can't use a lot of things on the face without it causing breakouts. So after searching online for a chart with the comedogenic levels of my ingredients, I found one but couldn't print it. So I went through the trouble of copy/pasting and reformatting into...

Sorry I totally didn't read properly- you're looking for CP, not HP! Blah, it might be Tuesday but it sure feels like Monday... I would also be interested in the answer to this one!