Welcome to Chemistry Cachet, a unique blog experience.
Why should Chemistry Cachet be your blog source for all things cleaning, skincare, gardening, and health? Because I’m an investigative chemist providing simple science principles for household situations. All of our tips from skincare to cleaning are grounded on science.
First, we deliver the science, then we provide the testing.
Chemistry Cachet is known among manufacturers and brands as a chemistry forward cleaning and skincare authority.
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Chemistry Cachet’s Foundation and History
In 2015, Chemistry Cachet started as a way to share simple chemistry-based tips to help people around their home. I was still tutoring college students in chemistry and algebra at the time, and all of them hated chemistry. They said it was boring and too hard!
As a graduate of professional chemistry in college, I couldn’t understand how anyone wouldn’t love chemistry! Chemistry is the foundation and basis for almost everything we know and love. Your favorite shampoo, your favorite bathroom cleaner, your beautiful garden, the medication you take….all of this is thanks to chemistry.
By definition, Cachet is “the state of being respected or admired; prestige.” It can also mean “a quality that marks someone or something as special and worth respect and admiration or a distinguishing mark or seal.” If something has a certain cachet, they have a quality which makes people admire them or approve of them.
Well, our blog has a certain cachet!
It has a chemistry cachet…and this is why we are Chemistry Cachet.
Thanks for joining us here, and I am excited to have you as a reader and part of this community!
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Alexis is an investigative chemist sharing her expertise in cleaning, skincare, gardening, and home hacks. She personally tests out products like the best skincare products or home products then shares not only the science behind how it works, but also her personal results. She is the mom of two living in Texas with her husband. Find her on Instagram for fantastic videos, tips, and behind the scenes.
Well-written and you’ve explained the “cachet” of chemistry exactly! Thank you – MMR
Thanks Margaret!!
You and your work in chemistry got me hooked first time I found you on the internet. Chemistry has come a long way from searching for the philosophers stone!
That’s awesome John! Glad you found Us. Chemistry really has come a long way! 🙂
You have made me look at and think of chemistry in a different light, you make it interesting
I love hearing that!! I’m glad you enjoy it Jo-Anne!
Ah, that makes sense. I didn’t know what cachet meant either. LOL I really like the name though!
-Lauren
It’s been a long time since I shared details on it! 🙂 thank you!
Hello and thanks for the vinegar article!
Very interesting!
I have been putting some vinegar in a vase on my dresser to soak up smells.
I noticed several days later salty sugary crystals on the wood dresser and on the outside of the vase.
Next time I put a saucer under the vase.
Now I have a saucer full of the cystals.
Is this the oxidation process and how does it come out of the vase?
Is it coming through the vase walls or up and over?
What is the time period before I should change the vinegar to best keep smells away? I also have some in our closet and it does help.
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Vinegar can dilute smells if poured directly onto something, but it doesn’t do a good job soaking up things in air since it is a water based acid. Regular store-bought vinegar is diluted to 5% acidity. Unless vinegar is secured tightly to the air, you will deal with water evaporation, oxidation, and degradation. Here is our detailed guide on vinegar and proper storage. Instead of vinegar, the best thing I can recommend for absorbing odors in the air is zeolite rocks which you can read about here. The next best thing would be baking soda for odors 🙂 Hope this helps!
Thank you very much for your reply and great info! I am gonna work on this some more with your tips.
I’m making your fruit crisp things to do with ripe peaches and I only have peaches and not the blueberries and cherries. How many peaches would I use for the recipe?
You can add another 1-2 cups of peaches to make up for the blueberries and cherries 🙂
where can I find the plastic bottles that were shown in your article about a toilet cleaning mixture with Dawn, citric acid, etc, Where I live we have a private sewer system that asks that we use no bleach or harsh chemicals because it messes with the system. They tout Seventh Generation etc. but I have hard water rings (well water) in my commodes that I would really love to try your solution. PS My name is Alexis also, but it was not common in the 50’s and 60’s as I grew up but it’s better now 🙂 I’ve become addicted to your ideas in chemistry for daily living 🙂
Hi! So glad you enjoy all of my tips 🙂 Here is the link to the toilet bowl cleaner. In the ingredients list, you can click on the squeeze bottle text and it will lead you to the one I purchased! And it is so nice to meet another Alexis