Andee

About Andee

Director of Happiness. I'm a thirty-something soap snob. I've grown up with handmade soaps, and I love them! I really like making lotions, soaps, and perfumes. I adore mixing scents to come up with something new. My favorite scent is either Wicked or Cotton Candy. I tend to hoard fragrances, I even have an Earl Grey Tea from the MMS catalog. I won't tell you how old it is, but it sure is good!

I walk everywhere I can here in Beijing. My feet have slowly adjusted to the walking, but they still can ache after walking on the concrete. I’ve come to enjoy the evening foot massage that I give myself with this cream. The menthol crystals give the cream a light tingle […]

Doubly Minty Foot Cream

January 18, 2013 in Lotions and Creams by Andee

I think that Sea Buckthorn Fruit Oil is very pretty and I found myself wanting to make a lotion with a small amount of this oil. The coloring of this lotion is very fun and the good news is that it won’t stain your skin! (I tried and it didn’t […]

Sea Buckthorn Oil in Lotion

January 17, 2013 in Lotions and Creams by Andee

I really dislike having dry hands. I can’t decide if the reason is the itchy and tight feeling my dry hands have or that they seem catch on everything! Either way, I needed to solve my dry hands before I went completely crazy. I decided to formulate this cream that […]

Mid-Winter Light & Thick Hand Cream

January 16, 2013 in Lotions and Creams by Andee

I made two batches of soap with lard at the same time, so today we will look at the second batch I made. I didn’t want to change the basic formula other than adding a few extras. So, I made the same formula with only changes in my additives! Yesterday, […]

Using Lard in Soap, Day Two

January 15, 2013 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

I’ll admit it, I actually made this soap back in December. However, I wanted to test the soap before I shared my experiences with making the soap. If you recall, I wrote a post about how I rendered my first batch of lard at the end of November. I had […]

Using Lard in Soap, Day One

January 14, 2013 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

*Note* I apologize for recipe errors yesterday! I have fixed that little problem and I have to admit that I must have been missing some brain cells when I released it! :)Sometimes an intensive cuticle treatment is nice, but I need a little pampering during the day when I don’t […]

Simple Cuticle Oil

January 11, 2013 in Lotions and Creams / Massage Oils by Andee

I’m one of those people who needs a good moisturizer during the winter or my hands dry out, crack, and run the risk of bleeding. This even includes my poor cuticles! I have had the worst case of hangnails recently, so I decided to come up with a formula for […]

Cuticle Treatment Cream

January 10, 2013 in Lotions and Creams by Andee

I hope none of you are fighting the flu like me right now, with tissues shoved up my nose and blankets tucked up to my ears! As I was talking to Taylor and sharing thoughts about how to best take care of oneself when sick. As adults we aren’t so […]

Andee’s Cold & Flu Self Care Tips

January 9, 2013 in Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

Yippee! It is the first Friday of 2013! While it hasn’t been a complete week, I have already enjoyed the way this year has started for me. Have you had a good beginning to the year? I hope you have! This week, I am giving away a 1 fl oz […]

Freebie Friday!

January 4, 2013 in Drawings and Contests by Andee

Yay! This is the last formula I had on my list to work on! Whew! I hope you have enjoyed this as much as I have! Charlotte wrote: “I would like to make my own deodorant. I currently use some I made from a recipe I found on Pinterest. I […]

Deodorant with Ingredients from Charlotte’s Cupboard

January 3, 2013 in Challenges and Q&A / Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

I only have a few more recipes to share and I think I’ll have tackled all of the requests I received from readers responding to the Quick Gifts from Your Cupboard blog post. I am excited to announce that we will continue the “From Your Cupboard” series each month. We […]