Yearly Archives: 2015



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








Today’s featured lip balm is another vegan formulation. The goal was to have a vegan lip balm that was firm and had minimal shine. Let’s see how close we were to our goals! One of my goals was to have this formulation to have minimal shine. So you can imagine […]

Formulating from your Cupboard – Day 5


August is almost here! Time to get kids ready to go back to school and it is time to start thinking about holiday shows, festivals and gifts. Ack! Don’t forget to plan your orders around the last of your summer play time! We’re fast at shipping your orders out and […]

August 2015 Calendar


We are halfway through our formulation project. Yesterday we made a vegan lip balm and it didn’t quite turn out the way I had wanted. It was close but it wasn’t there. ( I find creating vegan formulations to be my greatest weakness and it drives the perfectionist in me […]

Formulating from your Cupboard – Day 4