I admit I’m a beauty product junkie.  I used to work across the street from Sephora, and was too frequently tempted to pop in during lunch and pick up a few items.  That was a fun but expensive habit.

On my continued quest to learn how to make stuff, I’ve turned my attention to beauty products.  I recently wrote about using honey as a face mask.  Creating homemade beauty products is a lot like cooking – you can start with a recipe to learn the basics, and then embellish as you get more confident.  But most importantly, you can customize the products to your own skin type (and use really high-quality ingredients, without paying retail prices!).

Making creams is a lot like making mayonnaise. It’s a bit of a miracle, getting oil and water to mix together in a beautiful emulsion.  The first time I saw it happen in the herbal medicine class, I was amazed!  (Almost as amazed as when I made yogurt!)

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