Sunburn: practical care and when to seek medical help
What to do after sunburn: cool the skin, avoid irritating home remedies, protect it while healing and recognise when medical advice is needed.
Atelier Populaire
Journal
Tutorials, ingredients and selected articles from the Atelier Populaire workshop.
Make the original nourishing hair mask with olive oil and honey
The original egg-yolk, olive-oil, yoghurt, honey and lemon hair mask, with exact amounts, application steps and updated hygiene precautions.
Sodium hydroxide: its role in soapmaking and how to handle it
Understand sodium hydroxide, the difference between lye and soda crystals, its role in cold-process soap and the precautions it requires.
Make Douceur cold-process soap with apricot kernel oil
The original Douceur soap recipe: exact quantities for a 200 g batch, 30% lye solution, equipment, mixing, curing and essential safety steps.
Make Détox cold-process soap with avocado oil and lemon
The original Détox soap recipe with avocado oil and lemon: measured ingredients, 30% lye solution, curing and updated handling precautions.
How to read an INCI cosmetic ingredient list
Read cosmetic ingredient names, order, fragrance allergens and organic footnotes, with a real soap example and the limits of scoring apps.