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Find every single post that I have made in one place. Looking for older content? Use your browser’s Ctrl/Cmd + F on this page. (Updated 6/16/26)

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2026 Blog Posts

January:

• I Need Your Help!

• Preservative Ingredients Chart 2026

February:

• Preservative Ingredients Chart 2026

• What Is Happening? Why Did My Hair Spray Turn Milky?

March:

• Why Your Foaming Surfactant Formula Is Not Working (and How to Fix it)

April:

• Understanding Foam: How to Describe Surfactant Lather

• Collodial Oatmeal Ingredient Guide

• Pastel Matte Eyeshadows (Formula and Color Blends)

• Ingredient Guide: Dihydroxyacetone (DHA)

• Ingredient Guide: Erythrulose

• Spring Break Sunless Tanner Face & Body Cream

• Hard Water vs. Surfactants: What’s Really Happening in Your Formula?

• Ask your formulation questions here! (Free Post)

May:

• Hydrocarbons in Cosmetic Chemistry: Function, Formulation, and Feel

• Esters in Cosmetic Chemistry: Designing Slip, Spread, and Sensory Elegance

• Ethers in Cosmetic Chemistry: Slip, Solvency, and Subtle Performance Boosters

• Alcohols in Cosmetic Chemistry: Function, Misconceptions, and Formulation Strategy

• Carboxylic Acids in Cosmetic Chemistry: Function, Reactivity, and Formulation Control

June:

• Ketones In Cosmetic Chemistry: Solvents, Sensory, And Specialized Functionality

July:

August:

September:

November:

October:

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2025 Blog Posts

January:

• I was looking in the wrong places, and you may have been too.

• Sheer Eyeshadow

• Foot Ointment Formulation

February:

• Basic Lip Balm Formula

March:

• More Posts Coming Soon

April:

• My Instagram is Down

May:

• Updated 5/28/25

June:

• How to Distill Lavender Hydrosol

• Aloe Vera Naturally Compliant Body Lotion (Free Formulation)

July:

• Navigating Heavy Metals in Raw Materials

August:

• Chemical Reactions of Vegetable Oils (Triglycerides)

• Creating Buffers for Cosmetic Formulations

September:

• When to Not Use a Chelating Agent

• Formulating With Urea: Formulation Guide

• Planning the Formulation: 20% Urea Foot Cream

October:

• Don’t Worry, Posts are Being Added

November:

• Cloud Point and Krafft Point

• Powders and Stability

December:

• Which Thickeners Can We Use With Cationic Ingredients?

2024 Blog Posts:

January:

• Introduction to Microbology for Formulators

• Soothe + Moisturize Body Lotion

• Micellar Water Experiment

• Preservative-Free is Quite Misleading

• Formulating with Supplier Bases and Formulas

• Lemon and Tea Tree Facial Toner

• Quick Post: Working Around Scales Max Capacity

• Glyceryl Stearate vs. Glyceryl Stearate SE vs. Glyceryl Stearate Citrate

• Hard to Melt Ingredients

• High School Level Chemistry Resources

• Alkyl Sulfates and Alkyl Ether Sulfates

• Formulating with Optiphen Plus

• You Can Not Just Add Urea Into a Formulation (Blog Post Version)

• Evaluating Your Own Formulas

February:

• Do we have to worry about chemical reactions?

• Honey, Aloe, & Shea Hand Wash

• Working With Powdered Surfactants Video Tutorial + Formulation

• Formulation Oils and IFRA

• Powder Binders used in Color Cosmetics

• Chapter 2: Measurements and Problem-Solving Video Lecture

• Anhydrous Antiperspirant with Aluminum Chlorohydrate and Deodorant Formula

March: 

• Moisturizing & Hydrating Body Wash

• Sanitization vs. Disinfection vs. Sterilization

• How Much Fragrance Do I Add?

• Refined Vs Unrefined/Virgin Oils and Butters

• Hurdle Technology

• Calculating Active Surfactant Matter (Updated 2024)

• How to Read SDS and MSDS Sheets Video

• Fragrance Oils are Doing Weird Things to My Products

April:

• Glow Drops

• Ingredients in Preservatives

• When Do We Need to Use High Shear?

• How do Products Get Their Scent?

• What Even Are Cold-Process Emulsifiers?

• You Must Include These in Your Formulations!

May:

• An Interesting Lesson on Hydrating Gums (Free Post)

• Formulation Basics: Aqueous Solutions

• Update

• My Summer Break Plans

• Overview of Oil-Soluble Actives

June:

• ​Glossy Lip Stain​ (Formulation)

• Quick Post: What is the 5% Rule?

• Can We Add 10% More Water to Account for Water Loss?

• Working With Pigments

• Ingredient Medium: Powder vs Pre-dissolved

• Cooling All-Over Serum (Free Post)

• What My Chemistry Degree Has Taught Me So Far

July:

• How Do We Deal With Formulation in Parts or Volume?

• Converting a Thick Emulsion to Be Pumpable

• Film Formers and Plasticizers

• Making More Advanced and Elegant Emulsions

• Finding the Price of Raw Materials

• Advanced Topic: Mixing Preservatives

• Figuring Out the Composition of Raw Materials

• Getting to the Bottom of Formulation Issues

• Lab Maintenance and Good Lab Practices

August:

• Thinking About Scale Up

• Essential Information on Solubility

• Hemp Protein and Panthenol Hair Mask

• Blending Emulsifiers

• What should the pH be for Niacinamide?

• Oat Micellar Water

• Ingredient Guide: Magnesium Aluminum Silicate

• Ingredient Guide: Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside

• Visual Example: Why Diluting a Sample Does Not Change the pH Much

• I Heat and Hold, But Not For the Reason You Might Think

September:

• Mixing Actives

October:

• A Case In Solubility: Allantoin

• Natural Cranberry Cream Cleanser

• Watermelon Body Lotion

• Glycolic Acid Body Spray

November:

• Hair Wax Formulation

• Simple Room Spray

• If You Want To Fix Your Formulations, You Need to Do This!

• Adding Foaming Surfactants to Emulsions?

December:

• Finding Chemistry Resources for Your Knowledge

• Basic Soothing Primer

• I Can Tell Where People Learned to Formulate

• Makeup Primers

• What are Hydrolyzed Proteins?

• Website Update

Blog Posts 2023

January:

• Shea & Oat Body Butter

• Long Lasting Fragrance Spray

• Squalane Gel Moisturizer

• Color Correctors

February:

• When Should You Use a Chelator?

• How Many Actives Can We Use?

• What is Happening? High Melting Point, But Cold Process Material?

• I bought Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) to formulate with!!!

• Introduction to Exfoliation Serum

• Beginner Moisturizer Formulation

• Basic Moisturizer: Naturally Compliant

• Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate

• Beginner Moisturizer Formulation: Altering The Base Formulation

• Morning Oats Cleansing Powder

March:​

• Simple Cleansing Balm

• ​Video: How to Calibrate Your Scale

• Free Member-to-Member Discussion

• Polyquaternium-10

• Making an Emulsion with Glyceryl Stearate and PEG 100 Stearate

• Formulating Basics: Adding, Removing, and Substituting Ingredients in Formulations

• Avocado and Vitamin C Serum

• I bought a New pH Meter

• Updated Method for Adjusting pH

• Formulating More Advanced and Complicated Formulations

• Introduction to Cosmetic Colorants

• Aloe Vera Gel (Free Fromulation)

April:

• Formulating with Kojic Acid: My Findings + Advanced Formulation

• Member to Member Discussion

• Glycolic Acid and Clay Mask (Advanced Formulation)

• Considerations for Salicylic Acid

• Rancidity, Oxidation, Autooxidation, and Antioxidants

• Formulating Moisturizers for Different Skin Types

• Working with Difficult Emulsifiers: BTMS-25, Ritamulse SCG, and Olivem 1000. 

• Terpenes and Phenylpropanoids

• Anhydrous Body Butters: Having Realistic Expectations (Extended Version)

• Doing CO2 Extraction at Home

May:

• Further Readings for Coacervation

• Thoughts on Body Scrubs

• What Should the pH of our Products Be?

• Salicylic Acid Posts

• I Need to be Careful!

• Summer Cooling Mist

• Glass Can Be Hazardous

• Natural & Stable Body Lotion Formulation (Ad-Free)

• Lotion Making Tutorial

• Natural Lip Gloss Formulation

• How to Get the Most out of the Blog

• A Healthy Respect for Chemicals

June:

• Factors for Choosing Preservatives

• 5 Things to Consider for Color Cosmetics

• Underpreserved and Overpreserved are Both Bad!

• Preservative Chart 2023

• Formulating with Fresh Fruit? + My Thoughts on Formulating with Botanicals

• Ingredients and Equipment Haul

• Member Question #1

• Why Do I Use More Than One Wax?

• Why are Melting Points Given in a Range?

• Formulating a Lip Gloss & Lip Oil (Collaboration with Tara Lee)

July:

• Behentrimonium Chloride Ingredient Guide

• Decyl Glucoside Lauryl Lactylate Surfactant Blend Ingredient Guide

• Decyl Glucoside

• Why do Commercial Products Use so Many Emulsifiers?

• Cleaning Messes

• Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate

• How Stable Does it Need to Be?

• Shampoo for Oily and Acne-Prone Scalp

• Oat Emulsified Serum

• Naturally Compliant Face Wash with Decyl Glucoside

• Simple Conditioner With BTMS-25

• Equipment: Overhead Mixer

• Let's Talk Surfactant

• Altering the Simple BTMS-25

August:

• Current Body Wash Formulation (Free Formulation)

• Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate

• Solubilizers in Surfactant Products?

• Scaling Up and Making Larger Batches

• Key Equations for General Chemistry

• Processing Natural Gums

• Key Equations for General Chemistry

• Salt Thickening

• Green Tea and Bamboo Facial Scrub

• Information About pH Meters: IMPORTANT!

• Can I Let a Product Sit Overnight?

• Some Thoughts

• Intro to Carbomer 940

• 5 Common pH Meter Mistakes

• Converting My Hair Spray Formulation to a Hair Gel

• Why don't you see many formulations?

• Working With Powdered Surfactants

• Daily Body Wash With Sulfates (2 Versions)

September:

• Basic Water-in-Silicone Emulsion 

• Introduction to Water-in-Oil Emulsions

• Glyceryl Stearate Citrate (GSC) Ingredient Guide

• Formulating Stock Emulsions

• What Ingredients Go into What Phase?

• How to Use a Scale (Video)

• Factors for Choosing Emulsifiers

• Quick Post: What Does NF Mean?

• Vitamin-Enriched Facial Cream

• How do I know what percentages of Surfactants to Use?

• I am Just Starting to Make Foaming Surfactant Products. What Do I Need?

• How to Avoid Areated Emulsions

• Generic Cleanser (Free Formulation)

October:

• Liquid Makeup Brush Cleanser (Free Formulation)

• Grainy Body Butters

• What Do I Need to Make Eyeshadows?

• Foaming Bath Whip Base Formula

• Bakuchiol and Rosehip Facial Serum

• Converting My Hair Spray Formulation to a Hair Foam

• Before You Start Using A Ton of Fragrance Oils with Vanilla, Make Sure You Have This Ingredient!

• Chemistry Anxiety

• Chapter 1: Introduction to Chemistry Video Lecture

• Heating and Cooling Formulation

November:

• What I am Doing to Become a Cosmetic Chemist

• Why are Viscosity and PH different every time?

• Surfactant Lessons from the Lab

• Question: Expiration Date Confusion

• Deodorant with Sodium Stearate Experiment Video

• Basic Stick Deodorant with Sodium Stearate Experiment

• Aluminum Chlorohydrate Ingredient Guide

• A Game Changer for Finding Posts

• Taking Notes for Formulations

December:

• Anhydrous Salicylic Acid and L-Ascorbic Acid Serum

• I have a Science-Related Degree. How do I get into Cosmetic Formulation?

• Just Starting, What Should I Buy?

• Inexpensive Ways to Make Emulsions Feel Better With an Example Formula

• What Should We Look for In a Supplier?

Blog Posts 2022

January:

• Three Formulations to Start the New Year

• ​The different Types of Vitamin E we can use in Formulations​​

• Density

• Difference Between Disodium EDTA and Tetrasodium EDTA

• Brush Shampoo with Sodium Stearate

• Simple Whipped Body Butter

• Scaling Formulation (Updated)

• Anhydrous Cleansers

• What is Happening? Solublizer Mixture is Clumping

• Citric Acid Exfoliant

• Controversial Topic: Dilution Method for pH

February:

• Formulating With Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate (SCI)

• Quick Tip #1 (Buffer)

• Making a Simple Surfactant Sample Formula With Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate: Not What I Expected

• My Experience Using My Homogenizer For the First Time With an Emulsion

• Tips For Formulating Eyeshadows

• General Method for Making Emulsions

• All About Glycerin

• Honey Conditioning Mist

• Solvents are Not The Same as Solublizers

• Coco Betaine Vs Cocomidopropyl Betaine

March:​

• Sunflower Oil Vs. Safflower Oil

• Salicylic Acid Stock Solution (ADVANCED)

• Salicylic Acid and Willow Bark Toner

• Honey Conditioner

• Don't Make These If You Don't Have The Equipment

• Argan Condition + Shine Hair Oil

• Precautions When Formulating

April:

• Gel-Cream Foundation (Cold-Process)

• New Product: Cosmetic Chemistry Lab Notebook

• Making Bad Formulations Work

• Using Sodium Lactate Instead of Sodium Citrate

• Working With What You Have

• How Much Amphoteric Surfactant Should We Use?

• Increasing the Solubility of SCI + Test Results

• Quick Note for Blog Formulations

• Aloe Vera Stock Solution

May:

• Increasing the Thermal Stability of Your Formulations

• Babassu Lip Balm (Free Formulation)

• Ingredient Guide for Polawax NF

• What Should I Look for in a Scale?

• Intro to Organic Chemistry

• Lighter Body Scrub 

• Quick Note for Natural Gums

• Montanov 68

• Emulsion Blender: Cleaning the Aftermath

June:

• Chemical Classes of Emulsifiers

• Making a Facial Cleanser With a New-to-Me Surfactant

• Chemical and Lab Safety

• Vanilla

• Can We Use a Single Surfactant?

• Making Your First Emulsion

• Summer Body Lotion With Aloe, Cucumber, and Watermelon

• Skin Anatomy

• Making a 1% HA Stock Solution

• Basics of Energy, Heat, and Temperature

July:

• Barrier Repair Facial Moisturizer

• Can Emulsifying Wax NF be used Alone?

• Temperature Changes: Heat Capacity

• Formulating Soap

• Nail Anatomy

• Learn About Nail Product Chemistry

• Formulating Bars, Balms, Sticks

• Vegan Cosmetics

• Turining Lip Balms Vegan

• Updated Classic Vegan Lipstick

• Keep This In Mind When Reading The Blog

• How To Create a Professional Eyeshadow

August:

• Testing My Liquid Concealer + Simple Look

• Dry Heel Salve

• Overview of the Hair

• Post Shave Gel

• Hair Types

• Basic Body Scrub Formulation

• Ingredients Used in Hair Care: The Basics

• Salicylic Acid Shampoo

• Introduction to AHAs, BHAs, and PHAs

• The Difference Between The Different Cationic Emulsifiers

September:

• Natural

• Glycerol Stearate Vs Glyceryl Stearate SE; I am Just As Confused as You Are

• Defining Different Hair Care Products: Shampoo

• Formulating with BTMS-25 (Part 1)

• Defining Different Hair Care Products: Conditioner

• Where Does the 20-25% Rule Come From?

• Formulating With BTMS-25 Part 2 Low Viscosity Emulsion

• How Much Emulsifier Do We Need?

October:

• How Do We Figure Out the Method For a Formula

• Tips for Working With Film-Formers

• Preservative Considerations

• What is Happening? Aloe Stock Solution

• Overview of the Hair

• Easier AHA Face Mask with Fruit Acids

• Insight Into Solubilizing Fragrance Oils

• Preservation Misconceptions

• Resources for Hair Stylists

• Glycolic Acid Face Mask

November:

• Naturally Compliant Micellar Water

• Chem Box 2

• Organic Chemistry Resources (First Semester)

• Deodorant Removal Balm

• Comparing Coco Betaine, Cocomidopropyl Betaine, and Cocomidopropyl Hydroxysultaine: An Experiment

• Hair Spray Formulation

• Altering The Basic Body Scrub

• Natural Body Wash

December:

• Body Butter 3 Ways (With Three Different Formulas)

• Gel Cream Blush Formulation

• Common Melting Point Chart

• Experiment With Me: Lotion Bar

• Highlighter Balm

2021 Blog Posts:

January:

• Changes for the New Year + New Series

• Altering Formulas for Winter

• My High School Experience (Free Post)

• Peppermint Lip Gloss (All Over Glow Cream)

• Super Simple Massage Oil Formulation: Free Post

• What can be expected from the new ingredient guide?

• History of Cosmetics

• Peppermint Body Balm

• Troubleshooting Emulsions

• Peppermint Hand Lotion

• What are Vegetable Oils?

• Peppermint Hair Mask

February:

• Revised Color Theory

• What is Happening? Color Blending without a Precise Scale?

• Revised Color Blending Process

• Conclusion of the Cocoa and Mint Series + How I Think of Themes

• Updated Ingredient Guide Entry Abyssinian Oil

• Update Cosmetics Dictionary

• Protein-Packed Serum

• Scaling Formulations: A Video

March:

• Introduction to Cosmetics Claims

• Dispersion in Color Cosmetics Pt 2

• When can we use a lower percentage of Preservative?

• How can we figure out the percentages?

• Comparing Different Waxy Thickeners

• Products You Will Not See on the Blog (Free Post)

• Altering Formulas for Spring

• Will We Use 0.5% of Vitamin E every time?

• Updated Ingredient Guide: Argan Oil

• Top 5 Ingredients

April:

• The Properties of Different Surfactant Types: A Chart

• Simple Skincare Routines

• What is Happening? Ingredients will not mix

• Working With What You Have

• Thread of Bad Advice to Good Advice

• Updated Ingredient Guide: Jojoba Oil

• Formulation Notes

• What Equipment Do I have?

• Why is pH important?

• Setting up my pH meter

May:

• How to Adjust the pH of our products.

• Tip for coffee grinders

• Common Formulation Mistakes Part 2

• How do we make a formula from Starch 

• What is Happening? My Powder Cosmetic is Patchy

• “Oil” Cleanser Formula

• Ingredient List Follow-Up

• My Advice for High Schoolers Getting Into Cosmetic Chemistry

• Batch Sizes For Cosmetics

June:

• ​​What is Happening? My skin is having a reaction.

• Do not do this!

• Introduction to Chemistry

• Vegan Lipbalm

• Formulating From Starch Part 2

• Formulation Help: Body Scrub

• Loose Eyeshadow Recipe

• Foiled Shadows

• Altering Formulas For Summer

• Niacinamide Glow Drops

• What Affects the Efficacy of Formulas?​

July:

• Lab Safety

• Tips for Storing Your Ingredients

• Lab Notebook

• Reading a Meniscus

• What is Happening? Oil Layer Forming

• Types of Water

• Reflection on My First Chemistry Class

• Follow-Up Post to Different Types of Water

• What are Chelating Agents?

• How do we become better formulators?

• Setting Up a Lab

August:

• Book Announcement

• Reflection on My First Year of College

• Scientific Method

• Basic Equipment to Formulate + Challenge

• New Product: Formulation Sheet

• Types of Scientific Evidence

• Spotting Bad Science

• "Going Back to Normal."

• Hemp After Bath Oil

• Pressed Powder Video

• Creating a Cream Eyeshadow Test #1

• My First Chemistry Lab

• Cleaning Glassware

• Physical Scrubs

September:

• Formulation Tip: Pipette

• Matter

• Basic Equipment to Formulate Anhydrous Products

• Intro Summary

• Lab Techniques: Separation of Mixtures

• Essential Oil Crash Course

• Chem Box

• Marshmallow and Green Tea Eye Gel

• Units in Chemistry

• What is Happening? Pilling

October:

• Math and Algebra Review for Chemistry

• Basic Equipment for Emulsions

• Problem Solving in Chemistry

• Dimensional Analysis 

• Important Laws in Chemistry

• Amazon Equipment Haul

• Pressed Setting Powder Formula

November:

• What is Happening? Smell of Ingredients

• Gifting Your Homemade Formulations

• Basic Equipment to Formulate Color Cosmetics

• Ingredient List Follow-Up

• What is Happening? Crust is Forming

• Formulating With Stability in Mind

• Formulation Warm-Ups

• Hyperpigmentation Serum

December:

• Ingredient Comparison: Polysorbate 20 vs. Polysorbate 80

• Using Solublizers in Formulations

• Video Critique: DIY ICY Pain Relief Gel

• Third Blog Anniversary

• Absorption Speed of Vegetable Oils

• Last Minute Holiday Gifts

• What Makes a Good Liquid Binder?

2020 Blog Posts

January

• Inexpensive Eyeshadow Primer

• Current Skincare Routine

• How to dupe Eyeshadows

• Final Formula: It's a 10 Spray

• Planning the Formula: Garnier Fructis Style Smooth Cream

• Matte Base Formula

• Cocoa Mint Hand Lotion

• Makeup Q&A 1

February 

• Pressing the Loose Pigment

• Branding in 2020

• What is Happening? Adding Extracts to Anhydrous Products

• Formulating Face washes

• Formulating Face Washes Part 2

• How to Thicken Face Washes

• Ingredient Spotlight: Allantoin

• Formulating Face Washes Part 3

March

• Formulating Toners

• Formulating Face Masks

• Formulas For Face Masks

• Formulating Face Serums

• In-depth Cut Crease Tutorial (Video)

• Method for Pressing Matte Eyeshadows (Video)

April

• Formulating Face Lotions

• How to Improve your Formulations for your Business

• How to create a formula from Scratch​

• Spilling the tea on: Adapting formulas

• Planning the Formulation of Body Lotion

• Stability Update: Lash and Brow Serum + My Eyebrow Waxing Experience

• What is happening? Same Ingredients but different?

May

• Fragrance in Cosmetics

• What is Happening? The product is not pigmented enough

• Dispersions

• Final Formulation: Exfoliating Body Lotion

• Update

• Stability in Cosmetics

June 

• Antioxidant Rich Body Oil Formula

• What is Happening, Melting Point of Formulas?

• Simple Body Spray (Cucumber Melon)

• Formulating as a Hobby, What they do not tell you!

• What is happening? Is sediment a toner?

• Stability Update in the Silk Eye Cream

July 

• Summer Shimmer Body Oil

• Good Manufacturing: the Basics

• Formulating with Natural Ingredients

• Summer Body Powder

• Calculating the Active Content of Extracts

• Tips For Writing Your Ingredient Lists ​

• How to Read Ingredient Lists

• Mattifying Moisturizer

August

• I did too much Face Mask

• What is Happening? My Scale is not accurate

• Should You BuyScale?

• Lip Stain Formula with Color Blends

• Essential Oil Substitutions

• What affects the Price of Cosmetics

• What is Happening? Crystallization in a Toner

• Comparing a Mortar and Pestle to a Coffee Grinder

• Formulation Tip/ Hack (Sodium Lactate)

September:

• Natural Preservatives

• Higher Percentage Does Not Mean Better

• Gentle Powder to Foam Cleanser

• Mature Skin Moisturizer

• Chemistry Terms That Everyone Should Know

• What is Happening? My solution is opaque

• Cherry Almond Body Butter

October:

• Classic Vegan Bullet Lipstick Formula

• Reddit Formulation Fix-It #1

• Creating Your Own Extracts

• Marshmallow Jelly Face Wash

• Simple Barrier Repair Serum

• Formulating for Fall: Altering Formulas for the Fall 

• Fall Eyeshadow Color Blends

November:

• Reducing the Greasiness of Lotions

• What are Humectants?

• All about Eyeshadows

• What is Happening? My Serum is Changing Colors

• How do we make a milder surfactant formula?

• What do I need for Scale Up?

• What are Cleaning Oils and Scales?

• Introduction to the Cocoa and Mint Series

December:

• What is happening? Mold in a lip balm?

• Cocoa & Mint Cleansing Balm

• Formulating Shortcuts to Make Formulation Faster

• Second Blog Anniversary ( Links do not work yet)

• What is Happening? Carbomer Clumping

• Peppermint Face Wash (Free Post)

• My thoughts on Stearic Acid 

• Cocoa Mint Facial Serum

• Peppermint Lip Scrub

• Peppermint Lip Balm

2019 Blog Posts

December (2018)

• Welcome to Cosmetic Your Ways

• Introduction to DIY Cosmetics Series

• Cosmetics, what are they?

• DIY Cosmetic Supplies (General)

• What is pH?

• Sanitation and Safety

• Preservatives, Antioxidants, Fragrance Oils, and Essential Oils!

• Oil-based Products: What do I need to know?

• Powder-based Products: What do I need to know?

• Water-based products: What do I need to know?

January

• How to Improve Formulas

• Duping MAC's Fix Plus Setting Spray

• Color Theory for Formulators

• Top 10 Ingredient Combinations to Die for

• Color Blending Process

February

• Comparing Different Emulsifier Inputs in Lotions

• Conclusion for Emulsifying Wax NF Experiment

• Eyeshadow Color Combinations

• 10 Staple Ingredients to Have on Hand at all Times + What you can Make with Them

• Review: Make It Up: The Essential Guide to DIY Makeup & Skincare By Marie Rayma

March

• Dehydrate Skin Serum

• Skincare routine 2019

• Exposing Myself

• BB-cream (No SPF)

• Loose Pigment

• Cleansing Cream

• Simple No-rinse Brush Cleaner

April

• Wonderful Ingredients that I don't Like that Much

• Lemon & Ylang Ylang Intense Body Lotion

• Music Festival Glow Mist 

• Lemon & Ylang Ylang Nail Oil

May

• Where I have been

• Comparing Cosmetics Gels

• What is Happening? Suspending Oils

• Summer Spa Series Introduction

June

• Planning The Formulation: Coconut & Lime Balm

• Coconut & Lime Balm

• Planning the Formula Coconut & Lime Balm

• What is Happening? Waxy Pieces

• Coconut & Lime Refreshing Facial Spray

• Planning the Formula Coconut & Lime Emulsified Body Scrub

• How to Customize Packaging to Make it Stand Out from the Others

• Coconut & Lime Body Scrub (Video)

• What is Happening? Matte Eyeshadows

July

• Planning the Mineral Foundation

• Final Formula Mineral Foundation for Acne Prone & Rosacea

• Creating an Eye Cream

• Silk Eye Cream

• My Story

• Top 5 Ways to Improve Formulas

• Why You Need a Notebook for Formulations!

August

• Oil Spot is Eyeshadows; How to fix them

• Update Post

• How to Set up a Formulation Notebook

• What to do when you get a new Ingredient

• Smoke and Bronze Makeup Tutorial (Video)

• Ingredient Haul

• Should You add Fragrance?

• Professionalism

• Duping a Formula: Red Cherry Lashes Midnight Lash Oil

September

• What is Happening? Substitutions in Lip Products

• Failure: It leads to Success

• Extract Cheat Sheet

• What is Happening? Gloss too Pigmented

• The Lessons I am learning in Economics that you can apply to your Business Now!

• Creating Pressing Media for Eyeshadows

• Breaking Down Each Cosmetics Product Part 1

• Breaking Down Each Cosmetics Product Part 2

• Actives and Easing into them

October:

• Introduction to DIY Cosmetics Posts

• Active Ingredients

• Actives Cheat Sheet

• HLB and Emulsion Overview

• Surfactants

• Emulsifiers

• Creating a Stable Emulsion

• Emulsifier Cheat Sheet

• Solublizers

November:

• Solubilizer Cheat Sheet

• Introduction to DIY Cosmetics Part 2

• Creating Liquid Binders for Pressing Eyeshadows Test 1 (No Heat)

• Can You Get the Same Color Blend as Me?

• Dupe for Red Cherry Lash Midnight Lash Formula

• Hyaluronic Acid Lip Mask*

• What is Happening? Pressed Glitters 

December:

• What is Happening? Chalky Highlighters

• Equipment that you should always have on hand

• First Anniversary

  • Formulas of the Year

  • What is Happening Posts of the Year

• Honest Review: Handcrafting High-end Cosmetic Formula

• Mineral Liquid Foundation

• What happens when I love an expensive ingredient?

• Holiday Red Liquid Lipstick

• Interview with Clean Faced Cosmetics

• Winter Glow Highlighter

• Planning the Formula: Duping It's a 10 Spray