It is Father’s Day! I love Father’s Day. I often get to spend time with my Dad and tell him how great he is. Father’s Day reminds me of when I was a little girl. I remember climbing into his lap and once I got settled (and stopped wiggling and […]
Monthly Archives: June 2013
4 Since I’m on a kick of songs from the Muppets, I decided to branch out and find inspiration in the Banana Boat Song or Day O as it was performed by Harry Belafonte. The first time Harry sang this signature song on television was in 1978 on The Muppet Show! […]
Banana Boat Song aka Day O Swirled Soap, Music Inspired ...
It is Flag Day today! Wow! For me, Flag Day is amazing. I see flags line the streets and stickers decorating shop windows. I remember, as a little girl, Flag Day seemed to kick off all of the summer celebrations. Flag Day has always meant that fireworks, picnics and days […]
Flag Day!
This song was actually picked after I made the soap! I had been wanting to do soap for Great Balls of Fire by Jerry Lee Lewis but after I made the orange, yellow and black soap, I felt the soap didn’t match the song. I went through my music collection […]
Fire Swirled Soap, Music Inspired Series
The second song that inspired me is also from the Kermit Unpigged album. Bein’ Green was performed by Don Henley and Kermit the Frog. This song always was a comfort when I was dealing with personal troubles and even now, it feels like a hug from Mom on a bad […]
Bein’ Green Swirled Soap, Music Inspired Series
7 The first song that inspired me was from the album Kermit Unpigged. This album was played very often when I was younger. I remember Mom putting the CD in the player and we would dance around house while singing along at the top of our lungs. Even as a teen, […]
Born To Be Wild Swirled Soap, Music Inspired Series
1 I’m excited to announce that starting tomorrow, I will be sharing a week long of making swirled soaps! Not just any swirls, but swirls that have been inspired by just a few songs in my music collection. I am very fond of music and if you were to visit me, […]
Music Inspired Swirled Soap Series
7 Yesterday we made the chocolate soap that will provide the chunks for our cookie inspired soap. Now we will be making the “dough” part so we can have cookie soaps! I wanted to make a soap that looked like a realistic chocolate chunk cookie, so I decided to use Vanilla […]
Chocolate Chunk Cookie Soap, Day Two
9 Good chocolate is a luxury here in Beijing and I’ve found myself missing being able to pick up chocolate chips for baking (and eating with peanut butter on a spoon). I decided to make a soap that would hopefully settle my addiction for chocolate and particularly chocolate chunk cookies. Since […]
Chocolate Chunk Cookie Soap, Day One
4 To continue with our men’s care blogs, I thought I would share an after shave lotion. I wanted to formulate a thick lotion that would feel good on the skin and help soothe. Let’s look at the ingredients that I decided to use! Since my goal is to make a […]
Men’s After Shave Lotion
2 Summer days mean spending time outside walking, running and playing. However at the end of the day, your feet are wet. This is where a foot powder comes into play. Many foot powders on the market are strongly mint or perhaps even have menthol in the formulations. I am first […]
Lightly Mint Foot Powder
3 Today I wanted to make an after shave cream. Sometimes skin can be incredibly irritated after shaving and needs both a moisturizer and a mild cooling agent. If you have ever gotten razor burn, you can understand why! Come join me for a wonderful aftershave cream! To start, I wanted […]