Home Lab Basics

Eight free mini guides for the tools every home formulator needs: weighing, pipettes, thermometers, the double boiler, the heat gun, pH strips, the pH meter, and testing your batch for bacteria and mold. Each one pairs with a free video.

What you get

01 · 0.01 g Digital Scale

How to Weigh Anything

Tare, weigh and hit your number to the hundredth of a gram.

02 · Transfer Pipettes

How to Use a Transfer Pipette

Clean drops, exact grams, no contaminated stock bottles.

03 · Digital Instant-Read Thermometer

How to Use a Digital Thermometer

Read the right temperature, at the right moment.

04 · Double Boiler / Water Bath

How to Set Up a Double Boiler

Gentle, even heat for creams, whips and balms.

05 · Small Heat Gun

How to Use a Heat Gun on Balms

Glassy, flat tops in five seconds.

06 · pH Test Strips

How to Test pH with Strips

The quick, cheap way to check a batch.

07 · Digital pH Meter

How to Calibrate and Use a pH Meter

Two-point calibration, accurate readings, a probe that lasts.

08 · Incubator + Microbial Test Paddles

How to Test Your Batch for Bacteria & Mold

Microbe and mold paddles, plus a dipslide incubator.