I love nothing more than a sunny day, and lounge chair and the sound of sprinklers running in the background. While I still get beautifully sunny days, a lounge chair and the sound of sprinklers are tough to find here in Beijing. I manage by sitting on a park bench […]
Lotions and Creams
Kathleen emailed me asking for help creating a nice butter out of her extensive cupboard for her brother, who suffers from excema. The dry and itchiness of excema can be hard to live with and can be incredibly distracting. Let’s help Kathleen make a lotion that will help moisturize and […]
Kathleen’s Hemp Butter
5 Janet messaged me asking for assistance in creating a light, silky face cream for someone with mature skin. I was happy to oblige. As we grow and age, our skin has different requirements. I find that mature skin tends to want to be moisturized often with light lotions instead of […]
Janet’s Light Facial Lotion
Every month I get a smattering of requests for assistance with formulations or ideas or even certain projects people want to see on the blog. Not that long ago, I got a request asking for a lotion that had less than 50% water while not being to heavy or greasy. […]
Too Good to be True Lotion!
Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President of the US. He never owned a car and never flew in a plane. He was the first president to have his inauguration heard on the radio, an estimated five million people listened to hear Coolidge speak. He slept 10 hours a day and refused […]
US President Calvin Coolidge
1 I love glitz and glam. I have since I was a little girl. I remember getting packages of a stick-on-earrings. Oh! The excitement! However, I also remember every time when wrapping paper yielded a new package of stick-on-earrings that my father would groan. He always complained that they “Got everywhere!”. […]
Dazzling Red, White and Blue Glitter Lotion
4 To continue with our men’s care blogs, I thought I would share an after shave lotion. I wanted to formulate a thick lotion that would feel good on the skin and help soothe. Let’s look at the ingredients that I decided to use! Since my goal is to make a […]
Men’s After Shave Lotion
3 Today I wanted to make an after shave cream. Sometimes skin can be incredibly irritated after shaving and needs both a moisturizer and a mild cooling agent. If you have ever gotten razor burn, you can understand why! Come join me for a wonderful aftershave cream! To start, I wanted […]
Men’s After Shave Cream
4 Since Father’s Day is later this month, I decided that I wanted to make a daily lotion for those special men in my life. I was inspired to use Seabuckthorn Fruit Oil as I’ve learned from several men that they like using products made with this brilliantly colored oil. Let’s […]
Men’s Daily Lotion with Seabuckthorn Fruit Oil
2 I love foot creams! I think my favorite evening ritual is to apply a foot cream to my feet, put on my socks and head to bed. While I wear wool socks during most of the day and evening (as well as year round), my feet still can get a […]
Simple Scent Free Foot Cream
4 My grandparents have a row of lilac bushes in their back yard and I have many fond childhood memories of making “beds” of lilacs for the fairies living in my grandparents yard. I also remember getting permission for cutting bunches of lilacs so I could take them home with me. […]
Lilac Fairy Body Cream
5 One of my favorite things to do here in Beijing is to walk down the streets in busy shopping areas. I’ve really enjoyed walking down the tiny (and generally crowded) street of the Nan Luo Gu Xiang (南锣鼓巷) Hutong. The shops are always changing, but the smell seems to be […]