Tina

About Tina

I started thesage.com in 1996 with the help of my husband. Now I get to help people make all kinds of soaps and bath and body products. I think my favorite things to make are lip balms and lotions/creams. Of course I get most of the soap technical support questions because that is my strong knowledge area. Glad this blog is here!

OK, folks. I need to lean on your shoulders for something that is really bugging me right now. It is GMO, or more accurately, non-GMO. I don’t want to discuss whether GMO is right or wrong, what I want to discuss are the terms to describe whether a product is […]

GMO – Help!

June 20, 2014 in Thoughts from The Sage by Tina

We all have heard the adage that we should measure twice and cut once, right? Well, let me add a new perspective on measuring twice. The issue this week has been email addresses that are typed so fast and not verified before sending or submitting that I can not reply […]

Best value: Double check your work

June 13, 2014 in Thoughts from The Sage by Tina

I recently received a great query through our technical support email that inquired about how to create a lip balm with two different flavor oils and how to calculate for each. The two flavors in question are Chocolate Cream Flavor Oil and Peppermint Essential Oil. As some of you know, […]

Lip Balm: How to use 2 Flavors with two different ...

November 30, 2013 in Lip Balms / Product Assistance by Tina

Today I received a very important email request. I want to share it with you. I see you have an impressive line of lip balm tubes. Would you consider adding MASCARA containers to your line? With the prices they’re charging, it is becoming a thing to make. Dear TheSage customer […]

Mascara

September 18, 2013 in Thoughts from The Sage by Tina

Have you ever wondered what kinds of questions we get for our Technical Support team? Well, I can tell you the questions are all over the place and we must learn new things every day. I’ve learned about horses, armadillos, snakes, gophers, ingrown toe nails, threading eyebrows and more in […]

Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks

August 16, 2013 in Featured Crafters by Tina

Have you ever wondered who does all the running to get orders out our door so quickly? I know I am sometimes curious about companies and how they operate. Well….. I have a new photo for you. Unfortunately it does not include all of our staff, someone has to hold […]

Meet the Crew!

May 3, 2013 in Thoughts from The Sage by Tina

We have two soap making classes on Saturday. They are at 10 AM and 1 PM. This beginners class is to help ease the mind of what happens in the soap pot and how to become a successful soap maker. Certainly one can not learn everything about soap in a […]

Soap Class and Tea Tuesday

April 16, 2013 in Classes & Events / Community Pursuits by Tina

Our Goat Milk Cream is back in stock. We were worried it would be much later but this is NO APRIL FOOL’S JOKE! IT IS HERE!!!! Click here to find Goat Milk Cream in the catalog. I would also like to share with you that twice today I have taken […]

Goat Milk Cream is back!

April 1, 2013 in Notices and Alerts by Tina

Central Soapers

March 16, 2013 in Travels with The Sage by Tina

Wow! If I had waited much longer it would not be Tuesday! This last week has been very weird. I spent a few days in Tacoma Washington and really put in my head that there is no snow on the ground and spring is coming. Well, I got home and […]

Tea Tuesday!

February 26, 2013 in Community Pursuits by Tina

Want to know your zone? Check this chart! Your zone is listed by your ZIP code’s first 3 digits on this Zone Chart!

New Zone Chart

February 6, 2013 in Community Pursuits by Tina

We have some 16 fl ounce bottles that are a size 24. These are HDPE and a bullet shaped bottle. The bottle height from foot to base of the neck is 7-1/4 inches. We have many cases of these bottles and our construction project for our work area is about […]

Bottles must go!