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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 11/11
Pass criteria
Pass criteria — step 11 of 11 in Build a Basic Skincare Routine That Works. Review your result against this course checklist and note what you finished.
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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 1/12
Sanitize the 100 ml mist bottle
Sanitize the 100 ml mist bottle — step 1 of 12 in DIY Body Mist Perfume (Light Niche Spray). Wash, rinse, alcohol-wipe, dry fully. A wet bottle clouds the mist and invites spoilage if you add water later.
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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 2/12
Write the 3–5% load card
Write the 3–5% load card — step 2 of 12 in DIY Body Mist Perfume (Light Niche Spray). 100 ml finished ≈ 100 g for easy math. • 3% = 3.0 g oils (gentle) • 5% = 5.0 g oils (stronger mist) Start at 3% if sensitive; 4% is a sweet…
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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 3/12
Patch-test the oils in your accord
Patch-test the oils in your accord — step 3 of 12 in DIY Body Mist Perfume (Light Niche Spray). Diluted dab on inner arm. Skip spicy outliers (cinnamon, clove) in body mist — they sting when you mist liberally.
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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 4/12
Choose Citrus Floral or Soft Vanilla
Choose Citrus Floral or Soft Vanilla — step 4 of 12 in DIY Body Mist Perfume (Light Niche Spray). Citrus Floral: bergamot FCF + soft floral (lavender tiny OR geranium tiny) + light wood.
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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 5/12
Blend oils into alcohol first
Blend oils into alcohol first — step 5 of 12 in DIY Body Mist Perfume (Light Niche Spray). Add measured oils to alcohol in a beaker. Stir until clear-ish and uniform.
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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 6/12
Optional distilled water for a softer plume
Optional distilled water for a softer plume — step 6 of 12 in DIY Body Mist Perfume (Light Niche Spray). Only with solubilizer. Typical beginner split: 70 ml alcohol + oils/solubilizer + distilled water to 100 ml.
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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 7/12
Funnel into the mist bottle
Funnel into the mist bottle — step 7 of 12 in DIY Body Mist Perfume (Light Niche Spray). Fill to ~95–98 ml to leave spray head space. Cap. Invert gently 15 times. Label: Body Mist — accord — % — date.
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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 8/12
Check the spray pattern
Check the spray pattern — step 8 of 12 in DIY Body Mist Perfume (Light Niche Spray). One test spray into the air away from face. Fine mist = good. Jet stream = clean the nozzle or swap the sprayer.
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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 9/12
Age 48 hours dark
Age 48 hours dark — step 9 of 12 in DIY Body Mist Perfume (Light Niche Spray). Rest upright cool and dark. Day-2 smell should be smoother than day-0. Body mist ages faster than extrait — 48 h is enough to start wear…
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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 10/12
Wear-test as a mist, not an EDP
Wear-test as a mist, not an EDP — step 10 of 12 in DIY Body Mist Perfume (Light Niche Spray). 2–3 sprays on torso/clothes from distance, plus optional wrist. Log hour 0 and hour 2.
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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 11/12
Troubleshoot weak or harsh mist
Troubleshoot weak or harsh mist — step 11 of 12 in DIY Body Mist Perfume (Light Niche Spray). Weak: raise toward 5% on next batch or add one more heart drop in a 20 ml sample.
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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 12/12
Store and pass
Store and pass — step 12 of 12 in DIY Body Mist Perfume (Light Niche Spray). Cool dark storage. Pass when you have 100 ml labeled mist at documented 3–5%, 48-hour age, and a wear log that smells like your chosen…
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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 1/12
Weigh wax, butter, oil
Weigh wax, butter, oil — step 1 of 12 in DIY Lip Balm and Tinted Balms. 12 g beeswax, 12 g shea, 24 g almond oil — scales to ~50 g batch, fills ~10 tubes. Wipe tubes with alcohol inside cap area.
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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 2/12
Set double boiler
Set double boiler — step 2 of 12 in DIY Lip Balm and Tinted Balms. Water simmering, jar or pitcher not touching bottom. Thermometer ready. Water in balm = spoilage.
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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 3/12
Melt wax first, then butter, then oil
Melt wax first, then butter, then oil — step 3 of 12 in DIY Lip Balm and Tinted Balms. Beeswax melts ~63°C. Add shea, then oil off heat. Stir until clear. Overheat = cooked smell.
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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 4/12
Add vitamin E and cool to pour
Add vitamin E and cool to pour — step 4 of 12 in DIY Lip Balm and Tinted Balms. Off heat: 6 drops vitamin E, 2 drops peppermint max. Cool to 65°C — pour immediately. Too hot = tubes leak; too cool = lumpy pour.
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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 5/12
Fill tubes and cap
Fill tubes and cap — step 5 of 12 in DIY Lip Balm and Tinted Balms. Pipette or pour jug. Stand upright in cup, cap when surface matte. Wipe rims before capping.
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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 6/12
Mix iron oxide with tiny oil
Mix iron oxide with tiny oil — step 6 of 12 in DIY Lip Balm and Tinted Balms. Pinch cosmetic red/brown oxide into 1 ml oil paste — no clumps. Stir into separate 15 g clear batch.
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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 7/12
Pour tinted batch
Pour tinted batch — step 7 of 12 in DIY Lip Balm and Tinted Balms. Three tubes tinted, label separately. Sheer berry tint when layered on lips.
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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 8/12
Chill test and label
Chill test and label — step 8 of 12 in DIY Lip Balm and Tinted Balms. Fridge 10 min — should set smooth. Label ingredients, date. You pass with 10+ labeled balms and written ratio.
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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 9/12
Re-melt grainy tubes
Re-melt grainy tubes — step 9 of 12 in DIY Lip Balm and Tinted Balms. Grainy? Heat jar in double boiler until clear, repour — usually cooling too slow. Note fix on label.
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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 10/12
Double batch for gifts
Double batch for gifts — step 10 of 12 in DIY Lip Balm and Tinted Balms. 100 g batch = 20 tubes. Same ratio, larger double boiler. Pour in two waves if tubes run out.
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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 11/12
Write ingredient list INCI-style
Write ingredient list INCI-style — step 11 of 12 in DIY Lip Balm and Tinted Balms. Beeswax, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, Tocopherol. Google INCI names — looks pro.
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