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Lotions and Creams

Today is the last day of our humectant comparison tests. To review the testing process, I am using the Granny’s Lotion recipe as my testing recipe. Tomorrow, I will test all of the lotions to discover my favorite humectant! Today we are making the test batch with Honey. As a […]

Humectant Comparison in Lotion, Honey

January 25, 2013 in Lotions and Creams by Andee

Today is the second to last day of our humectant comparison tests. To review the testing process, I am using the Granny’s Lotion recipe as my testing recipe. Saturday, I will test all of the lotions to discover my favorite humectant! Today we are making the test batch with Sodium […]

Humectant Comparison in Lotion, Sodium Lactate

January 24, 2013 in Lotions and Creams by Andee

Today we are continuing with our humectant comparison tests. To review the testing process, I am using the Granny’s Lotion recipe as my testing recipe. Once all the test batches have been made, I will test the lotions to discover my favorite humectant! Today we are making the test batch […]

Humectant Comparison in Lotion, HoneyQuat

January 23, 2013 in Lotions and Creams by Andee

Humectant Comparison in Lotion, Hydrovance

January 22, 2013 in Lotions and Creams by Andee

I’ve had many questions about my favorite humectant. I decided to sit down this week and make comparison lotion batches with the same recipe and different humectants to decide which humectant would be my favorite. I decided to use the Granny’s Lotion recipe as my testing recipe. I planned on […]

Humectant Comparison in Lotion, Liquid Glycerin

January 21, 2013 in Lotions and Creams by Andee

I walk everywhere I can here in Beijing. My feet have slowly adjusted to the walking, but they still can ache after walking on the concrete. I’ve come to enjoy the evening foot massage that I give myself with this cream. The menthol crystals give the cream a light tingle […]

Doubly Minty Foot Cream

January 18, 2013 in Lotions and Creams by Andee

I think that Sea Buckthorn Fruit Oil is very pretty and I found myself wanting to make a lotion with a small amount of this oil. The coloring of this lotion is very fun and the good news is that it won’t stain your skin! (I tried and it didn’t […]

Sea Buckthorn Oil in Lotion

January 17, 2013 in Lotions and Creams by Andee

I really dislike having dry hands. I can’t decide if the reason is the itchy and tight feeling my dry hands have or that they seem catch on everything! Either way, I needed to solve my dry hands before I went completely crazy. I decided to formulate this cream that […]

Mid-Winter Light & Thick Hand Cream

January 16, 2013 in Lotions and Creams by Andee

*Note* I apologize for recipe errors yesterday! I have fixed that little problem and I have to admit that I must have been missing some brain cells when I released it! :)Sometimes an intensive cuticle treatment is nice, but I need a little pampering during the day when I don’t […]

Simple Cuticle Oil

January 11, 2013 in Lotions and Creams / Massage Oils by Andee

I’m one of those people who needs a good moisturizer during the winter or my hands dry out, crack, and run the risk of bleeding. This even includes my poor cuticles! I have had the worst case of hangnails recently, so I decided to come up with a formula for […]

Cuticle Treatment Cream

January 10, 2013 in Lotions and Creams by Andee

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

I only have a few more recipes to share and I think I’ll have tackled all of the requests I received from readers responding to the Quick Gifts from Your Cupboard blog post. I am excited to announce that we will continue the “From Your Cupboard” series each month. We […]

An Aftershave Lotion and An After Shower Body Lotion with ...

January 3, 2013 in Challenges and Q&A / Lotions and Creams / Thoughts from The Sage by Andee