Monthly Archives: September 2010

Last week I shared the sad news about Bourbon Geranium and Lavender Essential oils. Well, now I have some more sad news to share. We have received information that Vitamin E Natural prices have been climbing. Unfortunately, this also means that Vitamin E Acetate prices will follow. Please evaluate your […]

Vitamin E Update

September 20, 2010 in Notices and Alerts / Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

I made a total of 10 batches and here are the results from my first venture into soapmaking. Wow! I can’t believe I made this much soap. Batch #1: Yesterday I shared that my first batch of soap volcanoed right out of the mold. Yikes! It turned out that my […]

Newbie Soapmaker – Day 4 Results

September 17, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Taylor

When I got into the kitchen to get ready to make soap, I was a little nervous. Making lip balms, scrubs and lotions are nothing like making soap. I did not know what to think nor what to expect. (It is not like I watched a lot of people make […]

Newbie Soapmaker – Day 3 Procedure

September 16, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Taylor

I think we can say summer is well on its way out the door here. For the last two weeks, most mornings have had lower temperatures between 40° and 60° Fahrenheit. I’m starting to pull my sweaters out of my closet again just for my morning drive to work! Even […]

Autumn Treats and Product Updates

September 15, 2010 in Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

Lye and Oil Kits

September 14, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

After I made all of my oil kits, I made 20 lye kits to match. I calculated how much lye I would need for each soap kit using the lye calculator. For having 6% excess fat, each lye kit would need to have 2.2 oz of Sodium Hydroxide. Before measuring […]

Newbie Soapmaker – Day 2 Making Lye Kits

September 14, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Taylor

When I was preparing to make my first batch of cold process soap, Tina told me to make 20 lye kits and 20 oil kits. This would allow me to melt my oils, add my lye to water and I would be ready to go. I first measured out all […]