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!

Over the holiday break, we had a small crisis at home. We ran out of soap! So, while the showeree was in the shower yelling for soap, we searched high and low for a bar of soap. When we couldn’t find any soap, we had to steal the bar of […]

Oatmeal & Honey Almond Soap

January 8, 2010 in Cold Process Soap by Andee

When I looked at the calendar yesterday, I was very surprised to notice that Valentines Day is just barely over a month away! Valentine gifts tend to include roses and chocolates. This year, why not give a gift of chocolate, without the calories? Today, I’ll show you how to make […]

Chocolate Mousse Magnetism

January 7, 2010 in Lotions and Creams by Andee

Autumn Moisture Maintenance

January 6, 2010 in Lotions and Creams by Andee

While most of us were enjoying the December holidays, several people worked hard and turned in their submissions for the monthly drawing of the MMS Perfumer’s Kit. There were some fantastic posts and I just had to share all of them with you! Kathy won the December MMS Perfumer’s Kit […]

December MMS Perfumer’s Kit Winner

January 5, 2010 in Drawings and Contests by Andee

Using the immersion blender to blend ingredients together. — I’m glad to be back and bring in a new year of blog posts! A year ago today, we released our first blog post. It has definitely been a fantastic year, and I have learned so much sharing with you. I hope this year will be filled with more fun […]

Aloe Butter Hand Cream

January 4, 2010 in Lotions and Creams by Andee

Happy New Year

January 1, 2010 in Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

Merry Christmas! We hope you have a wonderful day and if you need to travel, please travel safely. Enjoy your day and we will see you back in the New Year! Our first day of work in 2010 will be January 4th! UPS and USPS are closed. No deliveries will […]

Merry Christmas

December 25, 2009 in Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

Mary’s Elbow Cream is similar to Tina’s Lanolin Butter in the fact that they both were created as heavy salves for rough skin. What is the difference? The Tina’s Lanolin Butter has Liquid Glycerin in it, which is water soluble. The Glycerin means that the Tina’s Lanolin Butter is an […]

Mary’s Elbow Cream

December 22, 2009 in Lotions and Creams by Andee

Recently we added Acai Butter to our catalog, and we have received several questions about what products can be made with this fun butter. Our response? Use it anywhere you would use other similar butters such as Shea, Mango, Almond or Olive Butters. Today, I’ll show you how to make […]

Lotion Bar with Acai Butter

December 21, 2009 in Lotions and Creams by Andee

Whoops! I thought I had announced the winners of the October & November kits, but apparently in the holiday rush, I forgot! I enjoyed reading all of the submissions. It was a hard task to choose the two winners since all of the posts were excellent. Both of the winners […]

October & November MMS Perfumer’s Kit Winners

December 18, 2009 in Drawings and Contests by Andee

Thoughts and ideas from the world of Majestic Mountain Sage.