Today we start the third day of the Empty Cupboard series! Many of people have asked me over the years about the basic ingredients I recommend for lotions and creams, so this list was really easy for me to write. Let’s take a peek at my lotions and creams ingredients […]
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Today is my favorite holiday of the year! For the first time in my life, I’m unable to celebrate the way I feel the holiday should be properly celebrated. In the USA I would be happily pulling out my fog machine, getting treats ready for the trick-or-treating kids, and preparing […]
Happy Halloween!
8 Yesterday, I started the Empty Cupboard series with my basic equipment and containers. I’m really beginning to enjoy looking at what I consider necessities and what I consider fun additions. Handmade soap is one of those things I can’t bring myself to live without so I put together a soapmaking […]
Starting with an Empty Cupboard: Basic Soapmaking Ingredients
3 During our class we had the opportunity to demo the conveniences of using the Body Butter Base. This Body Butter is one of my favorites to use because it goes on easy and helps moisturize my hands and feet. A little goes a long way so I like to put […]
Using the Body Butter Base
As I’ve been following the news about Hurricane Sandy and looking at pictures as the hurricane comes inland, I decided to check UPS for shipping alerts before the email hit my mailbox. I’ve included the text from their website regarding the service alerts. Monday, October 29, 2012 Severe weather due […]
UPS Shipping Alert! Hurricane Sandy
Living in China has been an eye opening experience in many ways. The hardest thing for me though has been my inability to make the very things I was used to making while in the USA. Writing the blog without the ability to even test some of the recipes I’ve […]
Starting with an Empty Cupboard: Equipment & Containers
4 It is the last weekend before Halloween! It is time to finish preparing for parties, trick-or-treaters or just staying at home for peace and quiet. As Beijing prepares for just another week with little excitement, I sit back and remember a grocery store aisle in the USA that is purely […]
Freebie Friday!
10 Today I wanted to go over some terms that I have wondered about as part of my introduction to soapmaking. Now that I have quite a few batches under my belt I want to learn more about what I am doing. Since I am using the same recipe on all […]
Beginning Soap Lessons Day 4
Today I made another 6 batches of soap using the same recipe as Monday. I did these batches completely on my own without assistance. I felt a little more confident in my skills and took my time. Soap making requires more patience than making a batch of lotion or lip […]
Soapmaking On My Own
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I just want everyone to know that these classes have been a blast and that I am really glad that everyone is enjoying all the fabulous products that we have been making! We had the opportunity to create a lip balm from scratch, we made the Orange Lip Balm recipe […]
Tonya’s First Classes with The Sage – What a Success ...
There was such an overwhelming amount of comments and questions when I announced this week’s blog topic that I had to spend a day just answering questions. Thank you all so much for your support, thoughts, and questions! Jamie Greer asked: Is there a general rule of thumb to determine […]