Taylor

About Taylor

I'm a twenty something happy, animal loving, curious experimenter. I love reaching back into history and trying old recipes for cosmetics or foods. I'm constantly asking "Why?" My curiosity has me trying new things. I love taking walks with my dog as well as staying at home to cuddle with the dog and my cats. Some of my favorite scents include Hinoki Wood, Rose Garden, Jasmine and Gladiator.

As China prepares for the biggest festival of the year, I find myself a little homesick. The Lunar New Year is all about being with your family, your loved ones. Even though this is my first Lunar New Year, the realization the my loved ones are an ocean away pulls […]

A Full Moon, Homesickness and the Perfect Tea Time Cookie

January 26, 2013 in Food and Recipes / Thoughts from The Sage by Taylor

Just as my impending exams attempted to steamroller right over me, I found myself in great need of a small moment of personal time. I mean, really what girl should do without some soothing and much-needed pampering? Especially considering I had to do without my traditional holiday break this year. […]

Lavandin Body Lotion

January 8, 2013 in Lotions and Creams by Taylor

Now that I am living in China, I have to go shopping for food, cleaners and the other necessary things in order to live here comfortably. Some products I have needed to ponder over the characters to understand what it is and yet I recognize other brands from the USA. […]

Brand Recognition

January 7, 2013 in Thoughts from The Sage by Taylor

As the holidays approach like a train moving full speed ahead, I find myself looking this special time for me a little differently. It will be the first time I will be so far from family for the holidays. For me the holidays have been all about family. I find […]

Christmas Traditions

December 14, 2012 in Thoughts from The Sage by Taylor

To finish up our perfect hand repair kit, I wanted to make an intense cuticle cream. I have noticed that with all of the contact with paper, my cuticles are really hard and dry. I wanted a product the would help soften and protect the skin around the nails. If […]

Intense Cuticle Cream

December 11, 2012 in Lotions and Creams by Taylor

Yesterday we made our intense hand treatment. As nice as it is, the cream is not something you can apply in the middle of the day and then go back to work. I wanted to make an ultra-light lotion that could be applied without making the phone, keyboard and paper […]

Light Daily Hand Lotion

December 10, 2012 in Lotions and Creams by Taylor

Yesterday we made a sugar scrub to exfoliate the hands, making any subsequent treatments more effective. Today I wanted to make a product that would be applied to the hands, then the hands are covered with gloves and wrapped in warm towels. This is often done for pedicures and manicures, […]

Warm Cream Hand Treatment

December 7, 2012 in Lotions and Creams by Taylor

I wanted to try my hand at a soap with silk. A soap with silk entails that you put some silk fiber into the lye solution prior to mixing your soap. The lye causes the silk to dissolve, allowing the silk protein to move throughout the entire soap. I am […]

Silk Soap – Cultivated Silk

November 5, 2012 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Taylor

During the Mid-Autumn Festival I had the opportunity to travel to Tianjin, a sister city of Beijing. I celebrated this holiday with a friend’s family and was able to experience the way the locals celebrate such a big and important festival. Come join me for our own virtual tour of […]

Experiencing the Mid-Autumn Festival

October 6, 2012 in Thoughts from The Sage / Travels with The Sage by Taylor

I have made it safely to China and I finally have become settled. Whew! I have never enjoyed moving and I have now moved across continents! What a relief it is now over! I am ready for some cosmetic fun. Let’s go! After arriving in China, I was moving into […]

Pina Colada Lip Gloss

October 3, 2012 in Lip Balms by Taylor

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