by Robyn French Smith | Apr 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
Knowing when to use preservatives, choosing the correct one, and properly incorporating it into your handmade cosmetic product is one of the most important aspects of any indie maker’s life. Still, we get asked on a fairly regular basis which preservative should...
by Robyn French Smith | Sep 12, 2023 | Infusions, Uncategorized
We’ve talked about a few different ways to create infusions for your cosmetics over the past months. We created a cold oil infusion with juniper berry and hot oil infusion with calendula oil. But both of those infusions used liquid oils. What if you want to create an...
by Robyn French Smith | Jun 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
Well it’s been a minute since I posted the Cold Oil Infusion blog post! So much has happened since then that I had to go look through my drafts to remember what the next installment in our infusions series was supposed to be! Ironically you’ve had to wait...
by Robyn French Smith | Apr 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
In this post I’m going to show you how to infuse juniper berries into a blend of olive and rice bran oil so you can create oil infusions too! bought the dried berries online from Mountain Rose Herbs. They have a great selection of dried botanicals and I highly suggest...
by Robyn French Smith | Apr 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Perhaps the easiest way to learn about incorporating natural plant additives into cosmetics is with cold oil infusions. And by cold, we mean room temperature! The premise here is simple–stick a beneficial botanical and a shelf stable oil in a jar, let them hang out...
by Robyn French Smith | Mar 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
We just released our new Shampoo and Conditioner Bar Recipe and formulation guide, so I wanted to take a moment to highlight natural ingredients that could enhance and benefit hair. Now some of these ingredients are better when used topically, while others might...
