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Exfoliating? We're here to answer your questions

Posted by Renee Harris on

The best way to exfoliate the skin is with raw silk - but not silky cloth that you're used to thinking of when you think of silk. This raw silk has little slubs that help exfoliate as you gently wash the skin.

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The ideal skin care gift for the graduate

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Beesilk bars make the perfect skin care gift for the graduating senior. Here are 7 reasons why.

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10 Steps to Research an Ingredient for Safe Natural Skin Care Products

Posted by Renee Harris on

While it's most important to us that the ingredient does the job we want it to do, there are certain steps we must follow when creating our skin care products to sell online. Here's the process we follow.

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Why I Use Refined Shea Butter (and not unrefined, raw shea butter)

Posted by Renee Harris on

Dear Renee, Do you have an opinion on refined vs. unrefined shea butter? I notice you use refined; what led you to that decision? Thank you, Katie I have experimented with unrefined shea butter several times, and I keep coming back to the same conclusion: 1. The odor of raw, unrefined shea butter is very heavy; some describe it as "smokey" - I would say it smells more like burnt rubber and the smell does not go away when added to the other ingredients. The natural scent of unrefined shea butter is quite strong, and customers do not like it....

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How to make lotion bars with just 3 ingredients

Posted by Renee Harris on

Lotion bars are easy to make! Follow these instructions and have lotion bars ready to use in a few hours.

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