I was reading a few news sites and came up with a few things I would like to share. FoxNews had a report of 7 ways to Avoid the Winter Funk. You can read the article for yourself here: 7 Ways to Avoid. I found the report interesting and I […]
Tina
I have started a new area on our blog.TheSage.com site where we will focus on our communities and improvement. This category is called Community Pursuits. I would like to encourage dialog with all our readers on the site blog.TheSage.com even though this blog gets reposted on Facebook and other sites. […]
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The Lotion Bar Tubes are back in stock!!!!!!!! Oh, I can’t believe it!!!! It seemed like we would have to wait forever. Andee will be back on the blog tomorrow. I am so excited! She has missed us, and worked a half day yesterday, and will work a half day […]
Lotion Bar Tubes and Andee’s Return

We have 4 new molds in the catalog, including two loaf style molds. We also have two new scents, one is Monkey Farts Fragrance Oil, and the other is Rosewood Essential Oil. See http://www.thesage.com/catalog/new.html for all the new items. Yesterday we got our first real snow in the valley. It […]
New Products, Snow and a Bad Joke
I’m Tina and I’m the guest writer for the blog today. Andee is at home recovering from the Swine Flu which turned into pneumonia. I have a few updates for you that we are dealing with here at TheSage.com, they are: 1) the Swine Flu has caused a rush on […]
Updates, Guest writer, and the Swine Flu

Rebatching. This is sometimes a dirty word. What is it and why do people do it? Rebatching is sometimes confused with milling, or French milling. Rebatching is when a batch of soap is melted and additional items are added or a failed batch is reworked. Rebatching is done to make […]
Rebatching
I just got a request from Pat about making summer time sugar scrubs. She wanted to find a substitution for the oil in an oil and sugar scrub that wouldn’t leave her shower floor so slippery. If we remove the oil and add something like aloe juice, the potential for […]
Bath mats for fall protection
SPF is an acronym for Sun Protection Factor. This is a number value given to indicate the level of protection the skin will receive from the sun. UV, or ultraviolet, light can cause skin cancer. There are clothing and body care products that can be used to protect from damaging […]