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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!

Lately, we have had many phone calls and e-mails to our Technical Support staff about cold-process soap. I thought that I might be able to help those who want to try their hand at soap making but need some more encouragement. Today I’m going to start with a list of […]

Cold Process Soap Week Coming Up

February 6, 2009 in Cold Process Soap by Andee

For this last segment about Potpourri Salt, I picked a color for my birthday. Purple! I’m going to use Lilac & Lavender Fragrance Oil. The ingredients I need for my last project are: 32 oz of Extra Large Salt Purple Raspberry Color in a spray bottle from the January 19, […]

Potpourri Salt Part 3

February 5, 2009 in Color In Products / Fast and Simple Gifts / Fragrances by Andee

Another way to make potpourri salts is to rinse the salt in water. I especially love this because it is fast to do and yet is very pretty. The ingredients I will need for my project are: 32 oz of Extra Large Sized Salt Frosted Cupcake Fragrance Oil Large Zipper […]

Potpourri Salt Part 2

February 4, 2009 in Color In Products / Fast and Simple Gifts / Fragrances by Andee

Hi, my name is Betty. I am the guest blogger for the day. I work in lots of areas here at MMS. I really like potpourri, so today I am going to show you a different style of potpourri. Moving from one home to another, I decided I wanted something […]

Potpourri Salt

February 3, 2009 in Color In Products / Fast and Simple Gifts / Fragrances by Andee

On Friday, we made Foaming Fruity Layers with Juicy Grape Fragrance Oil. I made an interesting little mistake. I forgot that if the fragrance oil has a color to it, then the salt will be colored as well. I decided to go prowl the shelves and find a fragrance oil […]

Foaming Fruity Layers Part 2

February 2, 2009 in Color In Products / Fast and Simple Gifts / Fragrances by Andee

Epsom Salts are my favorite soak; they don’t leave petals in my belly button or leaves between my toes. But what about the commercials of the last many decades which have said “lather means clean” through their pictures? Maybe we need to making foaming bath salts to combine the benefits […]

Foaming Fruity Layers

January 30, 2009 in Color In Products / Fast and Simple Gifts / Fragrances by Andee

Epsom Salts are magnesium sulfate. They are used as a soak to help sore and achy muscles and increase magnesium absorption to the body. For the Valentine’s Day theme, I am making layered salts for the Bath Salt Tubes. You will need Epsom Salt, Bath Salt Tubes, Purple Raspberry Color […]

Pink Layered Bath Salts

January 29, 2009 in Color In Products / Fast and Simple Gifts by Andee

Have you ever wondered how we choose the fragrances that go into our catalog? There are several tests each prospective fragrance goes through to be possibly added to the catalog. The cold process soap test is the hardest test and one that most fragrances fail for one reason or another. […]

Fragrance Testing at MMS

January 20, 2009 in Cold Process Soap / Fragrances by Andee

What if you don’t want bubbles or a fizzing, but you want a nicely scented bath? Bath salts can be your answer! I’ll scent these Bath Salts with Punch Party Fragrance Oil and color them with Purple Raspberry. Bath salts are also another great project to do with kids. #1 […]

Bath Salts

January 19, 2009 in Color In Products / Fast and Simple Gifts by Andee

Since Valentine’s Day is around the corner, I thought we would have the weeks leading up to February 14th focus on lovely gifts. Today, I’m going to start with an easy project, Magic Color Bath Fizzies. This recipe has been in our Recipes Section for years, but I am going […]

Magic Color Bath Fizzies

January 18, 2009 in Color In Products / Fast and Simple Gifts by Andee

Yesterday, we chose a green color for our Body Milk Gift Kit scented with Cucumber Fragrance Oil. Now for the fun part of making the kit. #1 Collect the items you need. Body Milk Gift Kit Premixed dyes from Jan 12, 2009 post Paper towels #2 Add fragrance. The entire […]

Using the Body Milk Gift Kit

January 16, 2009 in Color In Products / Fast and Simple Gifts / Lotions and Creams by Andee

I’ve talked about mixing colors with the Water Soluble Colorant Kit, but what about colors that aren’t in this kit? Today, we’ll blend green. Did you know that green is approximately 70% yellow and 30% blue? This means that I need to start blending colors at these percentages. I’m going […]

More Colors – Green!

January 15, 2009 in Color / Color In Products by Andee