Yearly Archives: 2014

Read to the bottom. It’s important! Today is New Year’s eve. I know so many of you have a long list of things to do today. The crazy hustle and bustle is just not for me. Today is a time for putting on a roast to slow cook for the […]

New Year’s Eve – oh the silliness!

December 31, 2014 in Thoughts from The Sage by Tina

I love soap. Cold process, hot process and Melt & Pour. They are all amazing and there are certain techniques that work best for certain styles. One of my favorite things to do with Melt & Pour Soap is to make clouds of color throughout the soap. Come join me […]

Cloud Swirls Melt & Pour Soap

December 30, 2014 in Color / Melt & Pour Soap / Soap by Taylor

WOW! In the last week we have had some major milestones (at least for me). On December 21st we celebrated Winter Solstice. This day represents a new awakening for me because the amount of light we receive each day will now increase! It is such a tough ride to work […]

What a week! What a month!

December 29, 2014 in Thoughts from The Sage by Tina

Sue e-mailed in asking for help to create an easy lip balm recipe that she could put together and give away as gifts. Her request? “Can you make a nice chocolate peppermint lip balm that feels luxurious, but doesn’t cost me an arm and a leg to make it?” Sue, […]

Sue’s Cupboard – Simply Luxurious Cocoa-Mint Lip Balm

December 15, 2014 in Challenges and Q&A / Lip Balms by Andee

Do you ever get creators block? Formulators fatigue? Well, we are here to help. Send us a list of what is in your cupboard and we will help you create some goodies from what you have on hand. How easy is that?! We can help make Christmas gifts or just […]

Cupboard Creations – MMS Help

December 9, 2014 in Thoughts from The Sage by Taylor

I love stuffing Christmas stockings with all kinds of goodies. Candies, trinkets and even really good gag gifts. However there are some years I am just lacking inspiration. Let’s call it creators block. This year, let me help you avoid creators block. Today we will be making Chocolate Bacon Lip […]

Stocking Stuffers – Chocolate Bacon Lip Balm

December 8, 2014 in Fast and Simple Gifts / Lip Balms / Quick Christmas Ideas by Taylor

Crafting your own lotions, soaps and lip balms is extremely rewarding but what does one do with all of the extra containers?! Re-purpose them! Let me share with you just a few ways I reuse and re-purpose my containers. Have a Lip Balm Base Jar hanging around? These jars are […]

Recycling and Repurposing Containers from MMS

December 5, 2014 in Drawings and Contests / Special Features / Thoughts from The Sage by Taylor

When ordering your products on our website do you ever wonder how the REQUIRED BY DATE box works? Our dialog with Rebecca helped us learn that some of you may have questions about this service. Rebecca wrote to us “I will mention that the ‘required by date’ field made me […]

Required By Dates

December 3, 2014 in Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

It has always been very important to us that your packages arrive with no broken bottles, no leaking jugs so you can just start in on the fun of creating. In the past, the best way to insure that everything arrived in one piece was to use the dreaded packing […]

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