Yesterday, we made brown sugar and it was so easy! As I promised, today we will make the Brown Sugar Body Glaze. Collect needed supplies: Brown Sugar Oat Flour (I made this one myself in the food processor) Liquid Glycerin Colorless Jojoba Oil or Golden Jojoba Oil (I’m using Colorless […]
Monthly Archives: September 2009

Making your own brown sugar can definitely be more cost effective than buying brown sugar and the bonus of making your own brown sugar is that it is amazingly simple! Today I’ll show you how to make brown sugar and tomorrow, I’ll show you how to make the Brown Sugar […]
Making Brown Sugar
Once again, I have a challenge for all blog readers. Do you remember the Pirate Treasures Soaps and the Creepy Crawly Critter Soaps? My challenge is for you to send me pictures of soaps that you have embedded objects. The objects can be anything you can imagine! Soap, toys, coins, […]
Blog Reader Challenge
I love creating dry oil sprays using Cyclomethicone, but as I mentioned when I made the Monster Away Spray, unfortunately not every fragrance is compatible with Cyclomethicone. Since some of us would rather know the compatibility up front rather than test, I will be testing for you. After I find […]
Cyclomethicone Testing
I’m not sure if you are familiar with Rooibos Tea also known as Red Tea, but ever since I discovered this fantastic tea, I’ve added it to my collection of teas to drink. My favorite Rooibos Tea is the LIPTON Red Tea with Harvest Strawberry and Passionfruit in the Pyramid […]
Rooibos Tea
Today, I will be showing you how to make tofu from fresh Soy Milk. Collect needed items: 4 batches of fresh Soy Milk Large cooking pot Measuring Cup Stirring Spoon Measuring Spoons Water Nigari (Natural Magnesium Chloride) Tofu Mold Weights Cheesecloth Stove Pour all four batches of the fresh Soy […]
Making Tofu
I promised I would show you how to make a face mask with okara and today I will show you how simple this face mask is. Collect needed items: 1 batch of Okara Rose Hydrosol Honey Chamomile Extract Heavy Duty Paper Towel or Hand Towel Scale Container for mixing Spoons […]
Face Mask with Okara
Remember the picture of the fresh honey comb? Today, I’m going to show you some of the extraction process that we use on our hives. I hope you enjoy these pictures. After removing the super from the hive, we set aside all the supers to allow any remaining bees to […]
Extracting Honey
Last week I made a few batches of soap using fresh Soy Milk. Since Soy Milk is generally sweetened if you are purchasing it in the grocery store, you will want to make your own Soy Milk for soap. Today I am going to show you how to make Soy […]