In this post, I am going to be sharing with you a simple gel moisturizer formula. That you can use as a base formula and customize to your liking. This post is going to be a free post.
Full disclosure: the Ellam Pazchai Light Green Water Soluble Powder, Guar Gum, and Squalane were sent to me by Essential Wholesale and Labs. I made this formulation to work with the ingredients.

In this post, I will share with you how to create a body fragrance that lasts.

I think I mentioned this in a couple of previous posts, but my skin has been quite dry. I needed to make a different moisturizer for my skin. A rich, moisturizing, hydrating, and soothing formula. I also wanted to experiment and try some new things.  

I created this formulation quite some time ago. I love it; I have been using it almost every day. The great thing about making your own cosmetics is that you can make them any tone you want. I will give a guide for choosing colors. For fair complexions, opt for pearl shades. Undertone is important as well. For cooler, lighter complexity, a pearl tone that leans pink will complement your skin tone. For warm, lighter complexions, a pearl that leans more yellow or golden will complement your skin tone.  For deeper complexions, you can go with bronzes and coppers. Still take note of your undertone. For a more natural look. If you want to make a mermaid glitter highlighter, go for it. In any color blend, avoid adding titanium dioxide, as it will make the highlighter appear ashy. 

In this post, I want to share how to make lotion bars. Lotion bars are an anhydrous product. The name is a little misleading as it is not a lotion. Lotion normally implies that it will have both water and oil. Most products I have seen are just a combination of oils, butters, and waxes. I think a body butter bar or moisturizing body bar would be more fitting. I would love to hear your thoughts.

I will share the common melting points of ingredients that you will see on the blog. This information is important when you are heating things to know their melting point. Just because something looks liquid does not mean that it is fully melted. When making this post, I was quite surprised on how many suppliers do not hair their melting point on their website or on the safety data sheet. 

In this post, I will be sharing with you my gel-cream blush formulation. This formulation was adapted from Make Your Own Cosmetics Volume 1 Recipes for Makeup & Blush. I have been loving gel-cream formulations ever since I made a moisturizer with in this post. (link). Gel-creams are the best for these types of formulations. You can add an oil phase, while also having the benefit of the gelling agent to suspend your pigments. Gel-creams cannot have massive oil-phases, so mica would be preferred choice of pigment. If you were to use iron oxides or lake dyes, then you would need to make a dispersion. I have multiple posts on how to make them on your own.