Denise

About Denise

I'm a crazy goat lady who got into making my own soap with goat milk, found MMS to order supplies, and now I get to combine my love of creating skin care products with a job to pay the feed bill. I live in Alaska and greatly enjoy the unique aspects of my northern home - summer days when it never gets dark and the Northern Lights dancing above in winter. Favorite scents include Wild Mint and Ivy, Rhubarb & Sugar Cane, and Eucalyptus Spearmint.
Looking for a sophisticated fruity fragrance? Give Polynesian Red a try! Juicy pomegranates are the core of this fragrance. Hints of pineapple, red grapefruit, green apple, mango, and subtle moss make this scent unforgettable — a staff favorite with lotions, soaps, especially hair care products. There’s something magical about this […]

Fragrance Friday: Polynesian Red

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Coffee lovers are everywhere, and they are passionate about those ground beans. Today let’s take a look at some ways to incorporate our favorite brew into cold process soap. There are many ways to use coffee in soap! Use strong brewed coffee instead of water for your lye solution. (Make […]

Coffee in Cold Process Soap

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There’s nothing I like better than the smell of freshly brewed coffee, especially first thing in the morning. This week is all about coffee with Espresso Lip Balm on Tuesday, a Gingerbread Spice Latte Coffee Soap coming up on Thursday, and today we’re going to make a body butter with […]

Wake Up Body Butter

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Espresso is the strongest of the coffee drinks, and its aroma is unique. When sweetened, it tastes quite delicious, too! (Sorry, I just can’t enjoy unsweetened coffee!) Today we’ll take a trip into lip balm land and make up a spectacular espresso lip balm that will be sweet and strong […]

Espresso Lip Balm

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Seems like my life is full of babies at the moment, and that makes me think of soap that smells amazing – exactly like baby powder! Try our Baby Powder Fragrance Oil! A classic baby powder scent including subtle cedar, rose, and ylang ylang. Always recognized and requested! Baby shower […]

Fragrance Friday: Baby Powder

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Let’s make soap with a little help from our friends, the bees! This batch of soap will contain beeswax and honey. Honey is a natural humectant, drawing moisture to your skin. It also increases lather. That’s a good thing, because beeswax can cut the soap’s lathering ability. Keep beeswax usage […]

Honey and Beeswax Soap

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It’s time to think about winter and the holiday season! Soon we’ll be having the opportunity to market our products at craft shows geared toward the holidays. Let’s make sure you’re ready! It is especially important to get soaps made now so they have adequate time to cure before being […]

Prep now for winter and holidays

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Today I’m going to put together a super simple formula for a lip balm with two of my favorite flavors: Cocoa and Vanilla. There’s something so classic about these two flavors. I think of chocolate vanilla twist ice cream cones, vanilla cake with chocolate frosting, and the hint of vanilla […]

Cocoa Vanilla Lip Balm

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