As the week draws to a close, I am ready for some time at home in my kitchen. While I don’t have plans for making soap or lotion, I was going to whip up a quick batch of lip balm before moving on to preserving and drying some of this […]
Monthly Archives: August 2015
I love perfumes. I have since I was a little girl. I remember the beautiful bottles that lined up like little dancers that both of my grandmothers had. One had her bottles lined up in the bathroom, where their crystalline bodies reflected in the mirror. My other grandmother had hers […]
Creative Fixes and Ideas – Day 3
Okay, so we have covered how to rescue an overly scented soap. What else can you save when things go wrong? Today I will talk about how to save a lotion from being overly colored. Let’s get started! One thing I tend to rely on when working with a large […]
Creative Fixes and Ideas – Day 2
Okay, so I have made some doozy mistakes when making lotions, scrubs and soaps. While mistakes can be rather disheartening, the good news it that many are fixable. This week we will be covering a number of mistakes that can happen and how you can fix them! Come join us. […]
Creative Fixes and Ideas – Day 1

You know the Beatles song, Help!, where the writer asks for help and sings their woes of growing up and now needing assistance because they are not so self assured. Well, we’ve all been through those feelings. I want you to know about our TheSage.com HELP LINE! We know sometimes […]
Getting Help from the MMS Team!

Attention all soap makers! It is time for another challenge and we want to see your soaps! The theme of this challenge is Mosaics. To get your imagination going, I am going to share several photos taken of a tile mosaic at the local university, Utah State University. We want […]
Mosaics Soap Challenge
Summer is here and I’ve been enjoying fresh tomatoes with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Sometimes I’ll toss a bit of fresh basil and a squirt of lemon juice in with the diced tomatoes. Yum! While I’m making you hungry, join me as I make another batch of Taylor’s fabulous […]
Throwback Thursday: Lemon and Basil Lip Balm

Have you placed an order recently? If so, have you noticed the new Promotional Sample options when you choose your shipping option? If you place an order with a product value over $100, you are given several options of products you can get for free! The current Promotional Samples for […]
New Promotional Samples with Orders!
Quick! Our Research and Development Team needs your assistance. They have become swamped with items to test, paperwork to fill out and the general day to day stuff they work on. They have a fragrance that they think deserves a place in our catalog but they need your help convincing […]
Help Wanted! Join the MMS Research and Development Team!

We are excited to announce the launch the 2016 Calendar Contest! If your soaps, lotions, lip balms, bath fizzies and more are EXTRAORDINARY products and have what it takes to be featured in our calendar, we would love to hear from you. Share your pictures with us at Calendar@thesage.com (limit […]
Announcing our 2016 Calendar Contest!
Today we are featuring the last formulation of our Formulating from your Cupboard series. While I am sad to see this series come to a close, I am excited to share Formulation #5. Come join me for a lip balm that is sure to knock your socks off! The goal […]