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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!

Two more soaps to go! This soap is from our recent “My Favorite Recipe to Share” soap swap on The Sage Forum. I hope you have been enjoying these wonderful soap recipes. I hope you have been enjoying these wonderful soap recipes and using them as inspiration. When I received […]

Swap Feature – Elaine’s Lavender & Vanilla Oatmeal Swirl Soap

September 26, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Featured from the Swaps / Soap by Andee

Wow! I’ve been impressed by the last four soaps I’ve shared with you and I still have three more soaps that I haven’t even shared yet! I’ve now shared three of the soaps from our recent “My Favorite Recipe to Share” soap swap on The Sage Forum. I hope you […]

Swap Feature – Cecelia’s Smells Like Bella Soap

September 25, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Featured from the Swaps / Soap by Andee

This soap is my soap that I sent our in our recent “My Favorite Recipe to Share” soap swap on The Sage Forum. I’ve been very impressed by all the talent these soapmakers possess and I hope their work has been as inspiring for you as it has been for […]

Swap Feature – Andee’s Spearmint & Basil Soap

September 25, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Featured from the Swaps / Soap by Andee

I’ve now shared three of the soaps from our recent “My Favorite Recipe to Share” soap swap on The Sage Forum. I hope you have been enjoying these wonderful soap recipes and I hope these will be inspiring to you. Crystal’s soap was a surprise for me as I normally […]

Swap Feature – Crystal’s Berries & Twigs Soap

September 24, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Featured from the Swaps / Soap by Andee

I’ve shared two of the soaps from our recent “My Favorite Recipe to Share” soap swap on The Sage Forum. I hope you have been enjoying these wonderful soap recipes and hope these will be inspiring to you. Robin’s soap was absolutely yummy in scent. Just smelling her soap made […]

Swap Feature – Robin’s Orange Cream Soap

September 23, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Featured from the Swaps / Soap by Andee

As I shared yesterday, we recently had a “My Favorite Recipe to Share” soap swap on The Sage Forum. Everyone sent in wonderful soaps and I felt that all of their time and effort into their soaps needed some extra special recognition. I hope you are enjoying this collection of […]

Swap Feature – Esther’s Good Morning Breakfast Scrub Bar

September 22, 2010 in Featured from the Swaps / Hot Process Soap / Soap by Andee

We recently had a soap swap on The Sage Forum. This swap was so much fun! Our theme was “My Favorite Recipe to Share”. Everyone sent in wonderful soaps and I felt that all of their time and effort into their soaps needed some extra special recognition. I hope you […]

Swap Feature – Brittany’s Huckleberry Buttermilk Soap

September 21, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Featured from the Swaps / Soap by Andee

Last week I shared the sad news about Bourbon Geranium and Lavender Essential oils. Well, now I have some more sad news to share. We have received information that Vitamin E Natural prices have been climbing. Unfortunately, this also means that Vitamin E Acetate prices will follow. Please evaluate your […]

Vitamin E Update

September 20, 2010 in Notices and Alerts / Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

I think we can say summer is well on its way out the door here. For the last two weeks, most mornings have had lower temperatures between 40° and 60° Fahrenheit. I’m starting to pull my sweaters out of my closet again just for my morning drive to work! Even […]

Autumn Treats and Product Updates

September 15, 2010 in Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

Here is a picture of my lye and oil kits. For my oil kits, I use the jars left over after emptying jars of various such as Shea Butter, Cocoa Butter, Mango Butter and more. For my lye kits I use smaller jars like the ones our small sizer of […]

Lye and Oil Kits

September 14, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

Today begins our last day of using kitchen spices in soap by using Cayenne Powder. Cayennes peppers are a cultivar of the Capsicum annuum, domesticated peppers, and is related to other peppers like jalapeños, bell peppers and cascabels. This pepper was named for the capital of French Guiana, Cayenne. Cayenne […]

Cayenne Pepper Powder in Cold Process Soap

September 10, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

Today begins our ninth day of using kitchen spices in soap by using Paprika. Before I began this project, I didn’t know anything about paprika other than it looks pretty on potato salad, deviled eggs and cottage cheese. Paprika is made by grinding dried peppers, using a variety of peppers […]

Paprika in Cold Process Soap

September 9, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee