Do you know anyone that has rough and chapped hands or feet? Every winter, I can guarantee if I don’t take care of my hands, they will become so rough that I’m more likely to have my hands catch on jackets and that always HURTS! I love this formulation as […]
Andee
8 I had so much fun making this lip balm, I forgot to take pictures for my first six batches! This lip balm is a wonderful, non-fractionating type for the pocket. This is a lightly flavored lip balm. My intention was to have a smooth, buttery lip balm that kept a […]
Macadamia Lip Balm
8 I have finished about 320 samples (2 fl oz) of the Head to Toe Cream and they will be shipping out with orders! Yippee! If you get one of these samples or you have used the Head to Toe Cream before, I would love to hear your thoughts about this […]
Head to Toe Cream Samples
Macadamia nuts are plentiful on Oahu. A ripe, harvested nut looks like this: The crack open this nut, Mother Nature has given you a hint: look for the small white-ish dot and apply pressure there. Special nut crackers can be used or a direct hit with a hammer will work. […]
Macadamia Nuts
You may be wondering why I have been absent from this microphone, (Thank you, Paul Harvey). Well, let me tell you. Two years ago, my paternal grandparents started a plan to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. They asked the family to join them in Hawaii. Grandma and Grandpa sprang for […]
50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration
4 One of the most common candies I associate with Christmas is the red and white peppermint candy cane. I love the smell and the beautiful red stripe spiraling around the candy. However, no one really needs to have that much sugar in one go! Today we will make our own […]
Peppermint Candy Sticks Foot Soaks
11 Vanilla is one of the most recognized scents and flavors across the globe. If you are a vanilla lover or you know someone who is, then you are are going to be quite pleased with this sugar scrub. Be forewarned, this scrub does smell like dessert! Collect needed items: Ingredients […]
Vanilla Bean Dream Sugar Scrub
Olives are a wonderful crop. These trees are long lived and very massive. They also don’t grow where we play in the snow for months at a time. Olive trees are often said that they are such a slow growing tree that you plant the business for your children, not […]
Olive Oil Thoughts
Today is the last day for submissions for blog and video posts. I’m very excited since I have had several submissions for the months of October and November. We will continue accepting submissions for each month since I have almost 30 more kits to give away! Isn’t that exciting? Not […]
Last Day for Perfumer’s Kit Post Submissions!
1 Happy Thanksgiving! We hope you have a wonderful day and if you need to travel, please travel safely. Enjoy your day and we will see you on Monday! All orders placed over the Thanksgiving break will be processed Monday. We will ship as many orders as possible on Monday, so […]
Happy Thanksgiving!
Oatmeal has been used in skin care for centuries and for good reasons too! The starches in oatmeal sooth the skin and the oatmeal also provides gentle cleansing properties. I have wondered how fine do we need to grind the oatmeal for it be be nice in soap, yet not […]
Oatmeal Cold Process Soap – How fine to grind
I have a few fragrance oils that I have been asked to describe many times while helping customers over the phone. I thought I would take today to describe these fragrances and tell you more about these neat fragrances! Punch Party Fragrance Oil: Many times we look for tropical scents […]