Hello everyone!

I have been making hair- & body products for a couple of years now. I make stuff for my own consumption and have no plans for the bigger scale. Occasionally I give something away but it often makes me a bit nervous afterwards. What if that lotion separates? especially since I fiddle with the recipes all the time. I make many and huge mistakes :-) Sometimes I probably sound like I have more experience than I actually have. I've been reading far more than I've been making. I think too much, trying to make what I learn about making lotions and hair conditioner fit into what I know about chemistry. So I will continue to read... I wish I could afford textbooks about cosmetic chemistry but they are ridiculously expensive!

A fairly big reason for my making my own stuff is my eczemas. I have seen worse eczemas than mine but they are incredible hard to kill *sigh* which probably has to do with my skin type. Redhead... fair, sensitive skin goes with it. Making your own stuff is a good way of trying out what works, since you can change one ingredient at the time.

I blog about my adventures in homecrafting my stuff. But my blog is in Swedish, so not very many here will be able to read it. http://hemkokeriet.wordpress.com/ (moderators, if you don't what the link there feel free to remove it) Some people blog because they want to teach. I do a little bit of that but I also blog about my mistakes, about stuff I wonder... blogging is a great way of interacting with others who have the same interests as you have. I just wish the pool of people who
1) are interested in handcrafting shampoos, lotions etc
2) read Swedish
3) like sharing their experiences on the Internet
were bigger... forum participation in English is fine, but writing my own texts in English  -I'm too attached to my native language for that.

Other things in life. Oh well. I both work and study to be a physiotherapist so I don't have much time, but I like dancing (partner dancing). And I have a black belt in aikido, although I left the art several years ago. I used to read lots of fiction but for some reason that has declined in the last years. I guess it's the competition from other interests - and of course the internet.

I have heard nice things about this forum so I hope I'll like it here :-)

welcome its lovely to have you here

Hello Vaxet, welcome to the forum.

hello and welcome aboard (((waves)))

hello Vaxet ! 

Hi and welcome!

I started making my own products because of bad eczema as well, so I understand

What kind of dancing do you do?  I spent some summers up in Sweden at Herräng Dance Camp (I'm a lindy hopper)... I imagine since you do some kind of social dance and are in Sweden that you've heard of it or been there!

Vaxet, welcome and thanks for the thoughtful intro- the honesty is refreshing
There are kindred spirits here, you will find much to discuss... I even think there is a Swedish person here 


Awesome to have existing knowledge of chemistry-  Wish I had a bit more... I too have seen the prices of some of those texts...

Hello! You really will love it here. 
I'm part of the red-haired, fair skinned, eczema sufferers, so I know how you feel!

hello there, Everyones really friendly and helpful here, I'm sure you will love it

Hi Vaxet and a warm welcome to the forum.  What a lovely intro!  I am sure there are one or two who will be able to read your blog  - I am sure it is great to read 


Sooooo.......  I won't be picking any arguments with you then 

I hope you enjoy it here 

Hi! 

 

  Hello from Canada.  What a wonderful introduction, it's really nice to meet you and I look forward to getting to you

Planning on causing some mischief are we? 

Oops

Getting to know you!