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I’m working through all my ideas for this and the coming months, and I realized I hadn’t done anything from this series in almost ten years! Eeek! Click here to see the posts in that series. In that series we covered… Stearic acid Gels! Cucumber extract Sunflower oil (10 products) Incroquat BTMS-50 (10 products) …creating at … Read more
As we saw yesterday, sunflower oil is a great addition in a balm. So what about lip balms? Yep, it’s a great addition there, too! As a light feeling, tasteless, and odourless oil, it’s a great addition that offers a bit of shine. LIP SHIMMER STICK BASE 8% candellia wax 9% beeswax 18% shea butter...