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Great idea with the noses!!!Still fighting lung and sinus crude today so I made some shower steamers with eucalyptus and tea tree oil.
Great idea with the noses!!!Still fighting lung and sinus crude today so I made some shower steamers with eucalyptus and tea tree oil.
Thanks. They crack me up! I put them in a bag with a couple of the cute little cakeletteThose noses are SO perfect for steamers! LOL
That sounds pretty amazing!Earlier this week I paid an absurd amount of money for a tiny tube of Lanolips Lemonaid, but it's the only thing that seems to keep my lips truly happy. I remember Lansinoh being a godsend during the baby nursing days, but I also remember how unpleasant the smell and texture were to me when I tried it on my lips.
Looking at the Lanolips ingredient list, it seems very dupe-able. I need to investigate the citrus components to see what their role actually is.
For the thing I actually DID: I took another crack at Marie's Shealoe Butter but left out the colloidal oats since I haven't sourced any yet after the oat flour eBay ripoff that contaminated my last batch. My skin really likes it, and the lavender hydrosol smells incredible, but that xanthan gum texture just freaks me out on a primordial level. It's a problem I have with some commercial cleansers and lotions and foods too, gums just give a stretchy slipperiness that I find offensive. I think I can get through this batch but have learned for future projects that I prefer emulsifiers that are more stable, and fatty thickeners rather than gums.
I'm all for duping! INCI Decoder is great for that:Looking at the Lanolips ingredient list, it seems very dupe-able. I need to investigate the citrus components to see what their role actually is.
Oh. My. Lord! Where has this website been all my life?! Thank you!@ivylorraine You're welcome! Always happy to be of service.
To make it easier to find in the future I thought it might be good to post it in its own thread.
INCI Decoder - Skincare Ingredients
Lol...I didn't pay much attention to that! I just tried to get them all in the same collage.@Megan thank you for sharing that and the pictures. I like that the larger picture is the after picture, unlike those ads where the before picture is taken from up close and the after picture from a greater distance
I ran out of my first batch (I was really slathering it on...I mean it is pretty economical compared to some of the stuff I was buying so...)
I made another with all of the water replaced with the sea kelp bioferment.
I would not recommend this...I mentioned the other batch was sticky...this one is extra sticky and pills a little. Plus it's literally a jelly. I may end up making a batch with less bioferment to dilute this one.
Lip balms are on my short list. I haven’t made any in over a year. What did you use to melt and pour?I made a gazillion, ok 50, lip balms. I guess my thing tonight is going to be labeling them. I had a cold last week and now that my nose is all good and sore from blowing it, it reminded me that I need to make some LOL.
Calendula infused sweet almond oil, mango butter, cocoa butter, beeswax. I just made it...literally just put the caps on, but I was dabbing up spillage the whole time and wiping it on my chapped face. My upper lip is almost normal now LOL.
Gonna put my logo on the labels and give them out at work next week...remind everybody to buy soap LOL.
MMS Lip Solutions (Lip Balms)What did you use to melt and pour?
I want to be part of your Bunco night. Fabulous items.I suddenly realized that next Saturday is our ladies' Bunco night... and I was asked to supply soaps and B&B products as the prizes. Soaps aplenty I have, so all is well there. Thankfully, I also still had some lotion concentrate and foaming bath butter concentrate, both made from the DIY Bath & Body recipes (sold on Etsy). That made it easy to whip up some little containers of emulsified foaming sugar scrub, as well as some Hemp Repair Cream (a lovely hand and foot cream made with hemp oil, colloidal oats, and a titch of liquid silk).
The texture and performance of both turned out great. And the Hemp Repair Cream smells wonderful (Peppermint EO blended with a vanilla FO). Unfortunately, despite using way less than the recommended amount, the Plumeria in the sugar scrub is just way too strong. I'm going to make another batch with no scent, and mix them together to tone it down a bit!
I’m about to make the lotion concentrate from DIY as soon as my ingredients arrive. I can’t wait! I may have to try the foaming concentrate too. Is the hemp repair using the lotion concentrate?I suddenly realized that next Saturday is our ladies' Bunco night... and I was asked to supply soaps and B&B products as the prizes. Soaps aplenty I have, so all is well there. Thankfully, I also still had some lotion concentrate and foaming bath butter concentrate, both made from the DIY Bath & Body recipes (sold on Etsy). That made it easy to whip up some little containers of emulsified foaming sugar scrub, as well as some Hemp Repair Cream (a lovely hand and foot cream made with hemp oil, colloidal oats, and a titch of liquid silk).
The texture and performance of both turned out great. And the Hemp Repair Cream smells wonderful (Peppermint EO blended with a vanilla FO). Unfortunately, despite using way less than the recommended amount, the Plumeria in the sugar scrub is just way too strong. I'm going to make another batch with no scent, and mix them together to tone it down a bit!
Yes! I love that base recipe since it is so customizable. The version I made tonight is a thicker cream (more base, less water), and uses hemp oil as the added oil. I also have a light cream version for face that uses argan and meadowfoam seed oils. It's just lovely!I’m about to make the lotion concentrate from DIY as soon as my ingredients arrive. I can’t wait! I may have to try the foaming concentrate too. Is the hemp repair using the lotion concentrate?
I would highly recommend a double boiling melting pot like this one: https://www.amazon.com/Stainless-Double-Melting-Chocolate-Capacity/dp/B01N2LVGH0?th=1Lip balms are on my short list. I haven’t made any in over a year. What did you use to melt and pour?
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