Cleopatra, rumored to have had beautiful skin, was said to have taken daily milk baths. But what, if any, benefit does your skin get from these popular products?
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I was recently reading a book that discussed the Top Ten Events in the process of becoming a Soapmaker (The Everything Soapmaking Book, by Alicia Grosso). It’s a good book by the way, for those starting out. Well, the list made me think back to the days when I was just dabbling in the art [...]
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The FDA regulates cosmetics and drugs. What determines how a product is classified is the intended used for the product. The way in which firms market a cosmetic can make it a drug, or how a firm markets a drug can make it a cosmetic. Cosmetics are intended “to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed [...]
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Handcrafted soaps are made by mixing water, oils (or fat) and lye. The resulting saponification process creates a solid composed of soap and glycerin. Soap cleanses the skin and glycerin moisturizes it. Once saponification is complete, there is NO LYE left in the soap. Regardless of what people may have told you, you cannot make [...]
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