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How To Distill Lavender Hydrosol
Zachariah Kovac Zachariah Kovac

How To Distill Lavender Hydrosol

In this post, I will detail how to distill lavender hydrosol at home. Making your own lavender hydrosol requires a chemistry technique called distillation. Distillation is a separation technique quite commonly used in organic chemistry labs.

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Foot Ointment
Zachariah Kovac Zachariah Kovac
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Foot Ointment

This post I shared on Instagram, but wanted to make a formal post here. Your dry cracked feet will thank you later.

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Sheer Eyeshadow
Zachariah Kovac Zachariah Kovac

Sheer Eyeshadow

In this post, I am going to be sharing my shear shimmer eyeshadow. I really like low pigments eyeshadows. You can use this also as a highlighter as well. I have been working on eyeshadow formulations for a while now. I wanted to create something that could be fool-proof.

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Zachariah Kovac Zachariah Kovac

I was Looking in the Wrong Place An You May be Too

I really have been wanting to improve my formulation skills. One of the first things I did was research myself on basic formulation information. Topics like heating and holding, vitamin E's heat stability, what is high shear, etc. It felt like a lot of the information was, "Well, this is how I do it and it works." This response did not leave me satisfied at all. I started looking into where these claims came from, including various websites, professional websites, suppliers, formulation schools, and other bloggers.

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Zachariah Kovac Zachariah Kovac

Finding Chemistry Resources for Your Knowledge

One of the issues with posting chemistry content online is you do not know where everyone is at. I have people that follow me that have only had high school chemistry to people with PhDs in chemistry. I want to address finding resources for all knowledge levels. Part of that is knowing the general flow of how chemistry is. Chemistry builds off of its self and is interdisciplinary.

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Disclaimer

You are at your own risk when making anything from this blog. I am not liable for any mishaps that may occur. I do my best to include everything in the procedure so that accidents are less likely to occur. My recommendation is always to read the post entirely first and then make the product.
Please keep in mind that these recipes/formulations are NOT meant to be sold or reproduced in large quantities. None of my recipes has been appropriately stability tested. I recommend that you seek professional help if you want to start your own line. (
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Always do a test patch of new ingredients that you have.
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