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.

After I made all of my oil kits, I made 20 lye kits to match. I calculated how much lye I would need for each soap kit using the lye calculator. For having 6% excess fat, each lye kit would need to have 2.2 oz of Sodium Hydroxide. Before measuring […]

Newbie Soapmaker – Day 2 Making Lye Kits

September 14, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Taylor

When I was preparing to make my first batch of cold process soap, Tina told me to make 20 lye kits and 20 oil kits. This would allow me to melt my oils, add my lye to water and I would be ready to go. I first measured out all […]

Newbie Soapmaker – Day 1 Making Oil Kits

September 13, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Taylor

I had a great time with the Fragrance Blend Challenge. As I studied the blends that came in for the Fragrance Blend Challenge I pulled out our perfumers kit to try the blends right then and there. I really had a hard time selecting the winners for this challenge. (I […]

Fragrance Blend Challenge Winners

September 1, 2010 in Challenges and Q&A / Drawings and Contests by Taylor

Finished Soap — I love grease monkey soaps. I really like to get into my gardening or other messy jobs. I then have some serious clean up. A grease monkey soap does the job perfectly. I have an overwhelming stash of melt and pour soap and I wondered if I could make a […]

Grease Monkey Melt & Pour Soap

August 23, 2010 in Melt & Pour Soap / Scrubs / Soap by Taylor

Many fragrances cross my desk in a day and I must resist running to the test kitchen to experiment. (Oh, the torture!) However, I don’t think I become truly acquainted with their blending potential. We have a lot of fragrance oils, so many I sometimes say “Oh yeah, I remember […]

Fragrance Blend Challenge

August 16, 2010 in Challenges and Q&A by Taylor

Up until recently every batch of soap that I have participated in making has been directed by someone else. I might weigh oils, prepare molds, swirl soap and/or provide feed back. I have never been the woman behind the immersion blender. (The COOLEST job ever! Hey, it is where all […]

New Soaper

August 13, 2010 in Thoughts from The Sage by Taylor

Finished Balm — This fantastic balm took awhile for some of us to describe. It is not notably oily or wet. It is a very waxy balm. When you first apply it on your skin, it feels smooth and creamy. As you continue to rub it in, your hand slips freely then is […]

Cocoa Butter Balm

August 10, 2010 in Lotions and Creams by Taylor

Finished Wool Wash — We all have hobbies, jobs or activities that make a mess of our clothes. Every soap, lip balm, lotion and scrub maker has spilled oils or other things. Unfortunately to get the stains out, we are spending a fortune in stain removers! Here is a wash you can put on […]

Wool Wash with Polysorbate

August 6, 2010 in Thoughts from The Sage by Taylor

Mixing Lotion — As many of you know, I recently made a very large batch of lotion. Okay, okay, I’ll be honest, I made an enormous batch of lotion. I did preserve my lotion however, I did not fragrance it. (Probably a good thing because My immersion blender is considering retirement.) One giant […]

Scenting the Learning Curve Lotion

July 30, 2010 in Fragrances / Lotions and Creams by Taylor

This recipe is the lotion recipe I described yesterday in my conversion disaster. I promise I am giving you a smaller batch than I made originally. This lotion is a thicker lotion and very creamy when being applied. When finished applying, this lotion has a fabulous silky finish. I hope […]

Learning Curve Lotion

July 29, 2010 in Lotions and Creams by Taylor

Thoughts and ideas from the world of Majestic Mountain Sage.