Monthly Archives: October 2009

Hi everyone! Kathy here again feeling like I need to redeem myself (see Blowing Bubbles!)! I decided to try embedding FOAMIES in clear M&P. Hope you enjoy it! Ingredients/Equipment needed: 20 oz Clear Melt & Pour Soap 2 tsp Pixie Dust Fragrance Oil (from MMS) 1 Sheet Foam Stickers-Fairy Twinkle […]

Another Embedding Tutorial from jaspersgarden

October 30, 2009 in Melt & Pour Soap by Andee

The Lotion Bar Tubes are back in stock!!!!!!!! Oh, I can’t believe it!!!! It seemed like we would have to wait forever. Andee will be back on the blog tomorrow. I am so excited! She has missed us, and worked a half day yesterday, and will work a half day […]

Lotion Bar Tubes and Andee’s Return

October 29, 2009 in Thoughts from The Sage by Tina

My name is Jennifer, a new soaper, loyal customer to thesage.com and frequent reader of this blog. When I read the entry “Updates, Guest writer, and the Swine Flu” I realized I was reading it out loud to my boyfriend as if I was talking about people I actually knew. […]

Advice from a Guest Writer

October 29, 2009 in Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

We have 4 new molds in the catalog, including two loaf style molds. We also have two new scents, one is Monkey Farts Fragrance Oil, and the other is Rosewood Essential Oil. See http://www.thesage.com/catalog/new.html for all the new items. Yesterday we got our first real snow in the valley. It […]

New Products, Snow and a Bad Joke

October 28, 2009 in Thoughts from The Sage by Tina

I’m Tina and I’m the guest writer for the blog today. Andee is at home recovering from the Swine Flu which turned into pneumonia. I have a few updates for you that we are dealing with here at TheSage.com, they are: 1) the Swine Flu has caused a rush on […]

Updates, Guest writer, and the Swine Flu

October 27, 2009 in Thoughts from The Sage by Tina

Supplies: Transparent Melt and Pour Soap Loofah Orange Pigment Powder Green Pigment Powder Yellow Pigment Powder Citrus Blend Fragrance Scale Pipette Rubbing Alcohol in Spray Bottle Mold Microwave safe Dish Instructions: 1. Cut loofah into 3 slices; small enough to fit into mold 2. Weigh and then melt soap base […]

Making Citrus Slices Using Loofah in Melt & Pour Soap ...

October 22, 2009 in Challenges and Q&A / Melt & Pour Soap by Andee

I gathered ingredients and tools to have everything handy. I used an electric soap melter that I picked up at a local thrift store. It takes a little longer to melt than the microwave but makes pouring a breeze. Then I colored a small amount of the soap with violet […]

Using Embeds in Soap by jrdgarrett

October 21, 2009 in Challenges and Q&A / Melt & Pour Soap by Andee

Tomorrow, our office will be closed until 1:30 pm. You may be asking why there is such short notice. Tomorrow morning a member of our staff, Mouein, will become a naturalized citizen of the United States of America. We will be attending the naturalization ceremony to support him. Mouein left […]

New Citizen

October 20, 2009 in Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

Hi everyone! My name is Kathy and I love a challenge! I’m doing a soap in soap embed as my challenge. Hope you enjoy it! I really thought this was going to be easy ~ but it turned into a lot of work!! This little project took 4 days to […]

Using Soap Embeds in Soap by jaspersgarden

October 19, 2009 in Challenges and Q&A / Melt & Pour Soap by Andee

On October 1st, I showed the finished batch of Confetti Soap using shreds. Today, I’ll show you the finished batch of Confetti Soap using chunks. Collect needed supplies: Soap we made on October 1st, cut into chunks Hydrogenated Soybean Oil Coconut Oil Sweet Almond Oil Fragrance Oil of your choice […]

Confetti Soap, Part 4

October 16, 2009 in Cold Process Soap by Andee

I always feel that notes are my best friend, no matter the project I am making. Today, I’m going to share the PDF that I designed for writing note about oils I test and my comments about the oils. The value of keeping such notes will save you in the […]