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!

We have been getting the MAKE magazine at our house since the first issue. I have a stack of all 17 issues at home and the new 18th issue is here at work sitting on my desk. This magazine is a great magazine for all variations of techie geeks and […]

Food Soap Show & Tell

May 15, 2009 in Challenges and Q&A by Andee

Our recipes section is finally getting an update of all the recipes that I’ve included in the blog since the blog started! You can now find the recipes that were made on the blog in the recipes section. I’ve been working hard on transferring the recipes and they will be […]

Recipe Section Update and Other Notes of Importance

May 13, 2009 in Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

As I stated yesterday, I love to look for crafty things at the local Gardner’s Market. I’ve noticed that some of the vendors have tester cream jars of every scent in just one style of cream! This method takes up a lot of space and uses quite a bit of […]

Farmer’s Market Help for Bath and Body Vendors

May 12, 2009 in Product Assistance by Andee

In my eyes, it is officially growing season now, even though I’ve already started my tomato seedlings in the house weeks ago. Why is now growing season? Saturday was the first day that our local Gardener’s Market was open for the year. I always love to go and see what […]

Saturday Gardener’s Market

May 11, 2009 in Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

Yesterday I showed making a creepy critters soap and I thought I would expand on the embedding objects in soap. Today I’ll show making a soap that will have any pirate running off with your soap to hide the treasure. Collect needed supplies Transparent Melt and Pour Soap White Melt […]

Pirate Treasures Soaps

May 8, 2009 in Melt & Pour Soap by Andee

Have you ever looked at melt and pour soap and seen the embedded objects in soap and wondered how it is made? Today I’m going to show how to embed objects in melt and pour soap. Today I’m going to show snakes and frogs in melt and pour soap for […]

Creepy Crawly Critter Soaps

May 7, 2009 in Melt & Pour Soap by Andee

I was given 12 jars of the Hemp Butter in a 4 ounce size and told I could give them away to 12 people that comment on our blog. I still had my comment list from the Mother’s Day Gift Basket Drawing, so I added all the comments we have […]

Random Hemp Butter Drawing

May 6, 2009 in Drawings and Contests by Andee

Many of you have been clamoring for photos of the Cold Process Soap with Rose Hip Powder after it came out of the mold, so here are the finished results of this batch. As you can see, these soaps are beautiful. I used a bench knife to cut this into […]

Finished Cold Process Soap with Rose Hip Powder

May 5, 2009 in Cold Process Soap by Andee

I’ve gotten a few responses from my questions on last week’s challenge. Today, I’ll answer a question from tamithornton with help from Technical Support. 1) I would love to find an awesome recipe, helpful tips, and packaging ideas for body butter. Body butters are generally all oil mixtures, not always, […]

Blog Readers Challenge Questions Answered, Part 4

May 4, 2009 in Challenges and Q&A by Andee

I’ve gotten a few responses from my questions on last week’s challenge. Today, I’ll answer two questions from KimVH with help from Technical Support. 1) The thing I struggle with the most is knowing why one oil/butter is used over another. Also, if I don’t have a particular ingredient is […]

Blog Readers Challenge Questions Answered, Part 3

May 3, 2009 in Challenges and Q&A by Andee

I’ve gotten a few responses from my questions on last week’s challenge. Today, I’ll answer a few more of these questions from different readers with help from Technical Support. From jaspersgarden) I struggle the most with which ingredients are best for which products. For example – I formulated a very […]

Blog Readers Challenge Questions Answered, Part 2

May 2, 2009 in Challenges and Q&A by Andee

Thoughts and ideas from the world of Majestic Mountain Sage.