Thoughts and ideas from the world of Majestic Mountain Sage.

Cold Process Soap

The first song that inspired me was from the album Kermit Unpigged. This album was played very often when I was younger. I remember Mom putting the CD in the player and we would dance around house while singing along at the top of our lungs. Even as a teen, […]

Born To Be Wild Swirled Soap, Music Inspired Series

June 12, 2013 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

I’m excited to announce that starting tomorrow, I will be sharing a week long of making swirled soaps! Not just any swirls, but swirls that have been inspired by just a few songs in my music collection. I am very fond of music and if you were to visit me, […]

Music Inspired Swirled Soap Series

June 12, 2013 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

Yesterday we made the chocolate soap that will provide the chunks for our cookie inspired soap. Now we will be making the “dough” part so we can have cookie soaps! I wanted to make a soap that looked like a realistic chocolate chunk cookie, so I decided to use Vanilla […]

Chocolate Chunk Cookie Soap, Day Two

June 11, 2013 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

Good chocolate is a luxury here in Beijing and I’ve found myself missing being able to pick up chocolate chips for baking (and eating with peanut butter on a spoon). I decided to make a soap that would hopefully settle my addiction for chocolate and particularly chocolate chunk cookies. Since […]

Chocolate Chunk Cookie Soap, Day One

June 10, 2013 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

Wow, this has been a very easy and fun process of making decoctions and adding in the fabulous extracts into our cold process soap. I have deciced to do a ginger decoction now, so I have gathered my supplies and I’m ready to start, first I will clean and cut up some […]

Ginger Decoction

May 24, 2013 in Botanicals / Cold Process Soap by Tonya

Carrot Decoction

May 23, 2013 in Botanicals / Cold Process Soap by Tonya

We have been making Tinctures, Infusions, and Decoctions with several dried herbs and with many of the powders that are available in the catalog. Today instead of using the extraction method to get the properties or color out of the dried herbs or powders I would like to show you […]

Safflower Powder in Cold Process Soap

May 17, 2013 in Botanicals / Cold Process Soap by Tonya

This Paprika Powder is great, the color is absolutely amazing. So, I am continuing on with my different powders to add to soap and now I have the paprika powder, thinking potato salad….. no I’m thinking what a beautiful color this would make in my soap. Today I will show […]

Paprika Powder in Cold Process Soap

May 16, 2013 in Botanicals / Cold Process Soap by Tonya

Oranges, yummmm! Can you smell it now? I love citrus scents especially anything with orange in it is fabulous. So, I am continuing on with my different powders to add to soap and I’m sitting here with the jar of Orange Peel Powder, just enjoying the scent and trying to […]

Orange Peel Powder in Cold Process Soap

May 15, 2013 in Botanicals / Cold Process Soap by Tonya

I am so excited to use the Olive Leaf Powder today. I have had so much fun learning about all of these different botanicals and how they react in soap. So I went to open the bag. I am not sure what I was expecting but it wasn’t what I […]

Olive Leaf Powder Soap

May 14, 2013 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Taylor

When I first opened the Kelp Powder, I was a little unsure. Sure, I was in love with the color but I wasn’t so sure about the odor. It smelled salty and even a little fishy. I wasn’t quite sure what to do. What do you think? Will the odor […]

Kelp Powder Soap

May 13, 2013 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Taylor

During the month of April we offered several Cold Process Soap Beginner classes and had a great time learning about the terminology, equipment, and a step by step guide in making our own first batches of cold process soap. Everyone received a beginners equipment package that included a (scale, goggles, […]

Cold Process Soap Beginners Class

May 11, 2013 in Classes & Events / Cold Process Soap / Soap by Tonya