With the colder months coming, I see a lot of people gravitate towards cream based cleansers. They are such a gentle way to cleanse the face. As long as you know how to make an emulsion they are easy to make.

In California, we are having temperature extremes. It is either very hot or cool; leading to this is an in-between formulation. At the time of formulating, this for a summer theme of watermelon, which is a bit out of season now. This lotion formulation is light-weight, but very moisturizing. 

If you are a beginner and want to formulate with acids, I recommend my e-book on acids. I specifically wrote it for beginners. Formulating with acids is not a topic that is beginner-friendly. Disclaimer: you are at your own risk when formulating with acids. Please formulate with them responsibly.

I have been really wanting to really experiment and go out of my comfort zone with color cosmetic formulations. I have a ton of written formulations for crème makeup formulations. They are straight forward, liquid oil, wax, and pigment. You can go crazy with altering that. With this one I really wanted to get something that felt nice, high coverage and long wear. 

Disclaimer: You are at your own risk if you use sodium hydroxide after this.
Sodium hydroxide is one of the most dangerous substances that we work with in formulation (in my opinion). In this post, I want to talk about how to safely handle it. I have used quite a lot of sodium hydroxide from chemistry labs. It is important that we talk about everything as a lot of these topic get assumed. 

In this post, I am going to be sharing a body wash formulation with a new-to-me surfactant thickener, Glucose-Sorb. I have a post on Glucose-Sorb here. I am going to talk about my experience using it and how to formulate with it. I will be sharing the formula at the end. 

I will share a face wash formulation with salicylic acid (SA). I know more people want to learn how to formulate with it. If you want to know the basics of acids, I recommend reading this. I do have a big post on salicylic acid here. Salicylic acid is not a beginner-friendly ingredient, so you are being warned now.

​​I have done a couple of book reviews in the past; you can find them in the blog directory. I started this book in July last year and finished it in August 2024. It takes me a while to get through books. I want to share books that relate to what we do, as they can be hard to find. If you like book reviews, let me know; I have quite a few.

It is one thing to tell you the diluting samples does not change the pH much. I thought it would be good to also show you. It is important to note that all meters were calibrated before use. My meter has temperature-pH compensation. I will add related posts at that end.