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Hi, I bought some polysorbate 80 but not sure if I got the right thing. It is to put in a bath oil to make it spread through the water better. Should I have got polysorbate 20 for this? Also could you use polysorbate in a leave-on product like a massage oil? (just wondering if the bath oil can...

I bought some cocoa butter (I think it is slightly refined) and tried making a body butter with 20g cocoa butter and 60g olive oil. At first it looked ok but a couple of days later and now it seems to have tiny lumpy crystals of cocoa butter in it. I did a search on google and found that it...

Is the sugar you use in sugar scrubs the same as you put in your coffee?? Can you buy it in bulk and of so, anyone know where in the UK? Or if not in the UK, what sort of places you buy it from? And is brown sugar best because I thought brown sugar stuck together like wet sand, or is that...

ANyone have any ideas for natural shower things? My sister in law wants me to make her a gift basket for her birthday, but she prefers showers to baths. Apart from shower gels cant think of anything 'natural'?

I've been surfing round the internet at a load of suppliers and recipe websites and keep coming across some new (to me!) oil, butter or botanical. I suppose at some point I just need to say 'enough!' and decide on what I'm going to make, but does anyone else have any tips on how to decide...

HI, does anyone make any infusions? I want to make my own vanilla infused oil and possibly calendula but I am not sure how to do it eg the quantities and times. Do I simmer the oil and botanicals or leave them in bottles for weeks or months? Eek, I don't know!!

I just love the fragrqance of monoi oil and have bought two quite different examples. They both say they have the official appellation but one is a honey coloured liquid and the other is solid at room temp and looks like dirty snow! They both smell lovely but slightly different. Would this...

Hi, my name is Aimee. I live in England in the UK with my two children, husband and pets :) I'm new to making things, so might have lots of questions :oops: Ive been lurking for a while trying to get as many tips as possible because I want to make fun body and bath stuff for xmas pressies. I...