Thoughts and ideas from the world of Majestic Mountain Sage.

Cold Process Soap

I’ve been trying to clean and organize my office and blog kitchen and while I’ve made some progress, I’ve discovered lots of projects that need to be made. I found two partial bottles of Wheat Germ Oil that needed to be used soon and I decided that the best way […]

Coconut & Wheat Germ Oil Soap Test

January 18, 2011 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

I just had to make a Chai Latte Soap. Chai Latte, soap making, and spa moments are my favorite things that are being rolled into one! I used Almond Milk in this soap. I made fresh Almond Milk using the SoyaPower Plus Soy Milk Maker. This soap turned out to […]

Chai Latte Soap

January 13, 2011 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Taylor

The weather is changing to winter and while I love the holiday season, I couldn’t stop myself from daydreaming about next summer and the fresh flowers. To help solve my desire to stop and smell the roses, I made this fun soap that smells just like a fresh summer bouquet. […]

Summer Rose Bouquet Soap

November 11, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

Our front office has an aloe plant that is just about ready to bloom. When the aloe blooms, I’ll take a picture to share. I was sitting and admiring the plant when I decided that the aloe needed some of the leaves trimmed. As I was trimming, I thought that […]

Aloe Soap

November 5, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

For me, Chocolate truffles are a rare treat, but they are some of my favorite candies. According to the dictionary, a chocolate truffle is a ball shaped candy made of soft chocolate and dusted with cocoa. One of my favorite chocolate truffles is a homemade Raspberry White Chocolate Truffle. Yum! […]

Raspberry Vanilla Truffle Soap

October 20, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

I love the music from original Broadway cast of Wicked. At one time there were perfumes available for both Elphaba and Galinda. The description for the Defy perfume was quite intriguing and I had to see if I could blend something like it myself without ever smelling the perfume. I […]

Wicked Witch Soap

October 15, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

A while ago, our blog team was asked to make a milk soap that was scented with Raspberry Fragrance Oil. This blog post covers my adventure while making this soap. Collect needed items: Ingredients Sweet Almond Oil Coconut Oil Palm Oil Shea Butter Sunflower Oil Sodium Hydroxide Water Milk Raspberry […]

Raspberry Milk Soap

October 13, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

According to the dictionary, Castile is a former kingdom comprising most of current day Spain. There is a special soap variety that originated in the Castile region called … (any guesses) Castile soap. This soap only uses olive oil and sodium hydroxide. This soap was originally made because there was […]

Castile Soap

October 12, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

Since the mornings have been a little chilly lately, I’ve been drinking a fair amount of coffee to help jump start my mornings. As I was making my morning cup of coffee, I couldn’t help but wish that I could start my mornings just a little earlier. I’ll bet you […]

Coffee Soap

October 11, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

I’ve been playing around with a different swirling method to see if I could do something different. I struggled with putting this idea to work, but I had a very strong hunch that I was on the right track and I just needed to adjust some things. After three batches […]

Dreaming in Purple Soap

October 8, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

This soap is the last soap I have to share from our recent “My Favorite Recipe to Share” soap swap on The Sage Forum. I’ve been very impressed by all the talent these soapmakers possess and I hope their work has been as inspiring for you as it has been […]

Swap Feature – Catherine’s Coconut Cream Soap

September 28, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Featured from the Swaps / Soap by Andee

This soap is our second to last soap! This soap is from our recent “My Favorite Recipe to Share” soap swap on The Sage Forum. These soaps have been so much fun to look at and review! Just like Elaine’s soap yesterday, I just wanted to hold Cindy’s soap up […]

Swap Feature – Cindy’s Lavender Body Soap

September 27, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Featured from the Swaps / Soap by Andee