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I love glitter. Okay, let me rephrase that. I love everything sparkly: glitter, jewelry, costumes, Christmas lights… I love it all. I go just nuts over something with sparkles as does my ten year old cousin. (At least I have someone to play dress up with. 😉 ) I have […]

Plumberry Spice Celebration Soap

April 20, 2011 in Color In Products / Fast and Simple Gifts / Melt & Pour Soap / Quick Christmas Ideas / Soap by Taylor

Last weekend, I found myself trying to explain EXACTLY what the difference between soap and detergent was. Wow! That was a lot harder to answer than I thought it was. My original thought was that while a soap and detergent may have a bar or liquid appearance, they are different […]

Soap & Detergent: What is the difference?

April 13, 2011 in Soap / Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

Recently, I was asked to show how to make a batch of liquid soap that was a 100% Olive Oil batch. This batch of soap was easy to make, but definitely a learning experience during the dilution phase! Collect needed items: Ingredients Olive Oil Potassium Hydroxide Water (I used Reverse […]

Olive Oil Liquid Soap

April 7, 2011 in Liquid Soap / Soap by Andee

I love to make things. I am always doing, creating or dreaming up something new. The problem lies in time. I don’t have enough! I love to make things that are quick, easy and painless. The only painful thing I found about this soap is how delicious it smells when […]

Pina Smoothie Soap

April 4, 2011 in Fast and Simple Gifts / Melt & Pour Soap / Soap by Taylor

Okay, I will admit it. I LOVE spring. I spend all of my time making spring themed products and I bake up a storm. I was browsing through one of my favorite baking books when I ran across an interesting recipe. Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies. Well, that just caused the […]

Lemon Poppy Seed Soap

March 14, 2011 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Taylor

Recently we were asked if Titanium Dioxide would color a soap white if one used dark colored oils. Since I don’t have many dark oils, I decided to make 5 different batches of soap with Neem Oil to show how using Titanium Dioxide can lighten the color, but not make […]

Neem Oil and Titanium Dioxide in Cold Process Soap

March 11, 2011 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

I am thrilled to announce that I have a new mold! Yea! This is a fairly simple mold that one of the guys in the warehouse put together for me. What did he do? Well, he went to the hardware store and got a 2′ section of pre-cut PVC pipe […]

New Mold!

March 11, 2011 in Soap by Taylor

I received a question in my email that I just had to answer. I was asked if the virgin coconut oil was used in soap, would the scent remain. I honestly had no idea. I hoped so. I love the smell of the virgin coconut oil. It is dreamy. It […]

Virgin Coconut Soap

March 10, 2011 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Taylor

I really enjoy spring. The flowers coming up, the birds singing, and the bright gentle rays of golden sun in the morning. I love mornings like that. Right now, the ground is covered with snow and what I truly miss is the brown earth. While I may not be able […]

Earth Soap

March 9, 2011 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Taylor

I am a huge fan of spices. I love Chai tea, gingersnaps, spiced pound cake, spiced apple cider, carrot cake, curries and more. I am not a big fan of many floral scents. You won’t find to many in my personal collection. However, spice things up and I am there. […]

Chai & Lavender Soap

February 22, 2011 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Taylor

Yesterday I shared my adventure of making the Acai Superfruit Soap. In a way this soap is a continuation of that adventure, because when I pulled the tea out of the cupboard I also grabbed the Blueberry Harvest Herbal Tea from Bigelow Tea. I decided that since I was going […]

Blueberry Superfruit Soap

February 1, 2011 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

With all the cold winter weather lately, you can be sure to find a warm cup of tea on my desk. As I was drinking a cup of Acai Green Tea from The Republic of Tea, I wondered what would happen if I used this tea in soap. Naturally I […]

Acai Superfruit Soap

January 31, 2011 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee