We have a lot of recipes on the blog for lip balms, lip glosses and lip butters. All of those are great but today I wanted to focus on flavor oil blends. I think it is the flavor oils that are the selling point for most lip balms. I’ll admit, […]
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1 Yesterday we made the Viscous Lip Gloss. It didn’t really set up and it was really clear, even after 30 minutes! Well when I came into work this morning I discovered that it had become more viscous and opaque! I guess I forgot to account for how much heat can […]
Viscous Lip Gloss – Day 2
1 Today I wanted to make a thick lip gloss. I wanted something that could be put in a pot and applied with a lip brush or finger. I am a big fan of thick and shiny glosses. Come join me in the kitchen as we make a thick lip gloss! […]
Viscous Lip Gloss
4 The other day, I made the Summer Peach Lip Balm but I wondered if I could make the feel of the lip balm stand out and get noticed. I wanted a great lip balm. Come join me in the kitchen as we work to achieve greatness. I wanted to […]
Peach Bubbly Lip Balm
I love peaches. As a kid my mom always had peaches in the house. Whether we had bottled them ourselves or they were fresh sitting on the counter in their fuzzy glory, we always had peaches. I remember making smoothies with peaches, yogurt, ice and maybe an orange or apple. […]
Summer Peach Lip Balm
1 Last night I spent my Thursday evening cleaning. (Yep, the glamorous job of cleaning.) The counters sparkle, the floor has been cleaned and the microwave could double as a mirror! However, with all of that washing of my hands, they are feeling very dry. This is driving me crazy. So, […]
Quick After Cleaning Lotion
3 Welcome back! Yesterday Andee featured our Argan Oil and I learned some things about Argan Oil. Did you? I loved the picture of the goats in the trees. That really made me laugh! Let’s head to the kitchen to make a foot cream with this wonderful oil!I had wanted to […]
Thick Argan Oil Foot Cream
1 Yes, I know Easter has already passed, but I get a lot of inspiration from holidays and I found out that I am not the only one! I love learning what our customers are doing and love sharing that with our readers. Come see what one of our customers made […]
Renee’s Easter Egg Bath Bombs!
7 I wanted to start this week off by a very interesting single oil soap. Let’s take a look a Jojoba Oil. Jojoba is a liquid wax that is harvested from a desert shrub. This oil is very different because it is also fairly stable. Let’s go see what happens when […]
Single Oil Soap – Golden Jojoba Oil
Two weeks from now I am going to do a full week of making lip balm. After all, summer is coming and summer is lip balm season. Yes, lip balm is used all year long but we generally see a spike in the demand for lip balm and flavor oils […]
Flavor Friday!
3 What have you thought about the single oil soaps? Have you learn a lot? I know I have. I wanted to test another highly popular oil in soap making. Today I will be testing Hydrogenated Soybean Oil. Come join me in the test kitchen for this next single soap! […]
Single Oil Soap – Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
4 I love going to little Mom & Pop Specialty Shops. I remember on a vacation with my parents when I was about 7 we visited a cooking store. One portion of this shop was dedicated just to candies and chocolates. There were hand dipped chocolates, truffles, rock candy, gummies, gum […]