Thoughts and ideas from the world of Majestic Mountain Sage.

Color In Products

I played with fragrance blending several months back, and the blend I most loved was The Meadow Fragrance Oil and Lavender Essential Oil. Andee teaches a class on fragrance blending, and in the class, she shows photos to inspire fragrance blends based on the image. At the right is one […]

Fragrance Blending Friday: Lavender Meadow Soap

September 20, 2019 in Cold Process Soap / Color In Products / Scent Blends by Denise

I am excited to mix up a batch of soap using Hibiscus Passion Fragrance Oil. The scent is lightly fruity, a bit floral, and has a lovely undertone of musk that gives it surprising depth. It’s intriguing, and I’m looking forward to seeing how it works out in soap. I’ll […]

Hibiscus Passion Tiger Stripe Soap

September 19, 2019 in Cold Process Soap / Color In Products / Fragrances by Denise

Last week, I took a Technical Support phone call from a gal who wanted to know how much color she needed to use to get a lipstick instead of a lip balm or a lip tint. She said, “You always mention Q.S. on your blog for lip tints like the […]

How Much Color? Making Lipstick with Oil Soluble Lip Colors

September 3, 2019 in Color In Products / Lip Balms / Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

We recently got a two-part technical support question that piqued my interest. In the first part of her question, Lori asked for clarification of when to add milk when making cold process soap using half milk, half water. Here is the answer: When we use any milk-type product (cow, sheep, […]

Half & Half Method and Using Natural Colorants in CP ...

July 10, 2019 in Cold Process Soap / Color / Color In Products by Denise

Gender reveals are quite fashionable these days, and there are so many fun ideas out there! Are you a Pinterest fan? Just search “Gender Reveal,” and an overwhelming variety of ideas will pour forth: balloons, cakes, glitter, paint. But soap? YES! When I was pregnant with my kiddos in the […]

Ultramarine Blue: Gender Reveal Soaps

April 23, 2019 in Cold Process Soap / Color / Color In Products / Parties by Denise

Cut bars of my Winter Sea Soap. — Scents can be so inspiring, and I was hit by inspiration while my daughter-in-law was sniffing fragrance oils in my stash. She really loved Icy Water, passing it to me to have a sniff. Immediately I thought of seawater in winter. Somehow the color manages to look so cold and uninviting, […]

Ultramarine Blue: Winter Sea Soap

February 16, 2019 in Cold Process Soap / Color In Products by Denise

I love ombre designs – one color layered in ever-deepening tones. Mulling over how to best do an ombre soap, I decided to try the wall pour method. The wall pour method is when you tip your mold at an angle and pour the raw soap batter on the “wall” […]

Ultramarine Blue: Ombre Wall Pour

February 15, 2019 in Cold Process Soap / Color In Products by Denise

I am determined to get this soap to turn out the way I envision it! So here we go again. If you missed the first part of this sage, check out Take 1. The first thing I did was reformulate my recipe. I went with the go-to recipe that doesn’t […]

Ultramarine Blue: Wild About Blueberries Soap, Take 2

February 14, 2019 in Cold Process Soap / Color In Products / Soap by Denise

The blue was exactly the color I was looking for, but the soap wasn't! — Ultramarine Blue is such a bright and lovely color. I’m excited to make a soap that combines this blue pigment with the delectable scent of Blueberry Bliss Fragrance Oil. I have a random soap mold in my collection that has dots in rows at the bottom (which becomes the top […]

Ultramarine Blue: Wild About Blueberries Soap, Take 1

February 12, 2019 in Cold Process Soap / Color / Color In Products by Denise

My son bought the cutest soap mold as a Christmas gift for me, and I could hardly wait to use it! I pondered what wonderful soap I’d create for this mold. I’ve been using the same recipe a lot lately, and I wanted to mix things up a bit. (Plus […]

Beer Soap in my Christmas Gift

January 18, 2019 in Cold Process Soap / Color / Color In Products by Denise

Finished bars of soap made with Cranberry Fiber and Apple Jack Fragrance Oil. — We recently had a technical support call concerning the use of Cranberry Fiber in cold process soap. Our advice is to use one tablespoon per pound of oils in your recipe. Since I have some Cranberry Fiber I have wanted to use, I grabbed my soaping supplies to make some […]

Using Cranberry Fiber in Cold Process Soap

January 2, 2019 in Cold Process Soap / Color In Products by Denise

Today is a colorful gift and you don’t want to miss it! For the rest of the year, get a free Oil Soluble Color with a purchase of any Lip Solutions. We’re giving you a Hobbyist size Oil Soluble Color of your choice with a purchase of any 0.63 lb […]

Day 39 Free Gift!

November 14, 2018 in Color / Color In Products / Lip Balms / Special Sales by Denise