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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 25/26

Write your care card

Write your care card — step 25 of 26 in Hoodie Frutti DIY Masterclass. Card text: Cold wash inside out · No bleach · Air dry preferred · Iron reverse low · Touch-up with same fabric paint if needed.

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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 26/26

Pass criteria

Pass criteria — step 26 of 26 in Hoodie Frutti DIY Masterclass. You pass when you have: • One finished Hoodie Frutti with centered back fruit (lemon, strawberry, or grid) • Clean outlines readable from 1…

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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 1/36

Clear a scent-free bench

Clear a scent-free bench — step 1 of 36 in DIY Solid Perfume Balm (Signature Scent). Wipe the counter with unscented cleaner and dry fully. No open food, coffee, candles, or laundry scent — your nose will lie.

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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 2/36

Calibrate your scale with a known weight

Calibrate your scale with a known weight — step 2 of 36 in DIY Solid Perfume Balm (Signature Scent). Place a 10 g calibration weight or a nickel (US ~5 g) / known coin and confirm the scale reads within 0.1 g.

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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 3/36

Write the master batch card before melting

Write the master batch card before melting — step 3 of 36 in DIY Solid Perfume Balm (Signature Scent). Copy this exactly into your notebook: MASTER BASE (makes 3 × 15 g tins) • Beeswax: 15.0 g • Jojoba: 30.0 g • Total base: 45.0 g • Scent…

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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 4/36

Patch-test oils you will use today

Patch-test oils you will use today — step 4 of 36 in DIY Solid Perfume Balm (Signature Scent). For each oil: 1 drop oil + 1 drop jojoba on inner forearm. Mark with a pen. Wait 24 hours if you have sensitive or reactive skin.

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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 5/36

Clean and dry the three 15 g tins

Clean and dry the three 15 g tins — step 5 of 36 in DIY Solid Perfume Balm (Signature Scent). Wash tins in hot soapy water, rinse, dry completely. Wipe with isopropyl alcohol if they held old balm.

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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 6/36

Set a gentle double boiler

Set a gentle double boiler — step 6 of 36 in DIY Solid Perfume Balm (Signature Scent). Add 2–3 cm water to a saucepan. Nest a heat-safe glass cup so the bottom is in steam/hot water, not sitting hard on the pan floor.

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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 7/36

Weigh exactly 15.0 g beeswax into the cup

Weigh exactly 15.0 g beeswax into the cup — step 7 of 36 in DIY Solid Perfume Balm (Signature Scent). Tare the empty cup on the scale. Add beeswax pellets to 15.0 g (±0.1 g). If using a block, grate first so melt is even.

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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 8/36

Melt wax until fully clear

Melt wax until fully clear — step 8 of 36 in DIY Solid Perfume Balm (Signature Scent). Stir every 30–60 seconds. Pellets must disappear into a clear amber liquid with zero white flecks on the stick.

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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 9/36

Weigh and add exactly 30.0 g jojoba

Weigh and add exactly 30.0 g jojoba — step 9 of 36 in DIY Solid Perfume Balm (Signature Scent). Tare a small beaker or add jojoba by difference into the wax cup until total base reads 45.0 g (15 wax + 30 oil).

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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 10/36

Optional climate texture tweak

Optional climate texture tweak — step 10 of 36 in DIY Solid Perfume Balm (Signature Scent). Hot humid kitchen / summer shipping: add +2.0 g beeswax now (total wax 17.0 g) and accept a firmer swipe.

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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 11/36

Cool to pour temperature before scent

Cool to pour temperature before scent — step 11 of 36 in DIY Solid Perfume Balm (Signature Scent). Remove cup from heat. Rest 90–120 seconds. Ideal pour/scent window is warm liquid ~55–60°C (131–140°F) if you have a thermometer.

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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 12/36

Calibrate your dropper once

Calibrate your dropper once — step 12 of 36 in DIY Solid Perfume Balm (Signature Scent). Count drops of jojoba into a tiny cup on the scale until you hit 1.0 g. Write drops-per-gram.

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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 13/36

Understand the 1.8 g scent budget

Understand the 1.8 g scent budget — step 13 of 36 in DIY Solid Perfume Balm (Signature Scent). 4% of 45 g base ≈ 1.8 g aromatic oils for the whole master batch if you scent one way.

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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 14/36

Pick formula A B or C first

Pick formula A B or C first — step 14 of 36 in DIY Solid Perfume Balm (Signature Scent). A Vanilla Soft — warm gourmand, highest Pinterest demand. B Rose Floral — classic feminine floral. C Cedar Fresh — clean woody citrus.

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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 15/36

Melt tin A base: 5.0 g wax + 10.0 g jojoba

Melt tin A base: 5.0 g wax + 10.0 g jojoba — step 15 of 36 in DIY Solid Perfume Balm (Signature Scent). Repeat the double-boiler method for a mini batch. Confirm scale: 5.0 g beeswax melted clear, then 10.0 g jojoba stirred in. Cool 90 seconds.

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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 16/36

Strip-test Vanilla Soft before pouring oils in

Strip-test Vanilla Soft before pouring oils in — step 16 of 36 in DIY Solid Perfume Balm (Signature Scent). On three strips write Top / Heart / Base. Dip: • Top: bergamot FCF • Heart: vanilla oleoresin or vanilla FO • Base: cedarwood Atlas Hold…

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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 17/36

Add exact Vanilla Soft drops to warm base

Add exact Vanilla Soft drops to warm base — step 17 of 36 in DIY Solid Perfume Balm (Signature Scent). While base is warm (not smoking), stir in: • Bergamot FCF: 8 drops • Vanilla oleoresin/FO: 16 drops • Cedarwood Atlas: 6 drops Total ≈ 30…

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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 18/36

Pour Formula A into tin A

Pour Formula A into tin A — step 18 of 36 in DIY Solid Perfume Balm (Signature Scent). Pour to 1–2 mm below the rim. Wipe the rim. Set aside upright with lid loose. Write on card: Vanilla Soft — date — drops as above.

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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 19/36

Melt tin B base: 5.0 g wax + 10.0 g jojoba

Melt tin B base: 5.0 g wax + 10.0 g jojoba — step 19 of 36 in DIY Solid Perfume Balm (Signature Scent). Same melt protocol. Confirm 15.0 g total base. Cool 90 seconds off heat.

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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 20/36

Strip-test Rose Floral

Strip-test Rose Floral — step 20 of 36 in DIY Solid Perfume Balm (Signature Scent). Strips: • Top: bergamot FCF or sweet orange (2 dips max) • Heart: rose absolute dilution OR geranium (geranium is the budget rose stand-in)…

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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 21/36

Add exact Rose Floral drops

Add exact Rose Floral drops — step 21 of 36 in DIY Solid Perfume Balm (Signature Scent). Stir into warm base: • Bergamot FCF: 6 drops • Rose absolute dilution OR geranium: 14 drops • Lavender: 6 drops • Cedarwood Atlas: 4 drops…

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✨ Beauty & Grooming · Step 22/36

Pour Formula B into tin B

Pour Formula B into tin B — step 22 of 36 in DIY Solid Perfume Balm (Signature Scent). Pour, wipe rim, lid loose. Card: Rose Floral — date — exact drops. Note whether you used rose absolute or geranium.

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