Thoughts and ideas from the world of Majestic Mountain Sage.

Soap

Yippee! I was able to correct all of the lighting problems with our photo shoot and I now have a excellent comparison photograph to share with you. You can click on the photo to enlarge it. Top row of soaps, starting at the top left of the picture: Cows Milk, […]

Milk Soaps Comparison

February 16, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

Ready for final part of milk cold process soap? We are going to follow the same recipe and steps as the posts before, but we are going to use Almond Milk instead. I made fresh Almond Milk using the SoyaPower Plus Soy Milk Maker and pressed the “Beans +” button. […]

Cold Process Soap: Half and Half Method with Almond Milk

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

Ready for part 4 of milk cold process soap? We are going to follow the same recipe and steps as the posts before, but we are going to use Soy Milk instead. I made fresh Soy Milk using the SoyaPower Plus Soy Milk Maker. Again, here are the directions that […]

Cold Process Soap: Half and Half Method with Soy Milk

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

Ready for part 3 of milk cold process soap? We are going to follow the same recipe and steps as the posts before, but we are going to use buttermilk instead. Again, here are the directions that we will follow in a step by step format. 1) Calculate the amount […]

Cold Process Soap: Half and Half Method with Buttermilk

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

Ready for part 2 of milk cold process soap? We are going to follow the same recipe and steps as the post yesterday, but we are going to use goats milk instead. What is the advantage to using the Half and Half Method rather than adding the milk to the […]

Cold Process Soap: Half and Half Method with Goats Milk

February 10, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

I’ve had many questions pop up in the last few weeks about making milk soaps, so today we are going to start a 5 post series for milk soaps using the Half and Half Method. The Half and Half Method is actually very easy to follow. Here are the directions […]

Cold Process Soap: Half and Half Method with Cows Milk

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

When you live in a climate like ours, winter always seems cold, long and dreary. During the worst of the winter months, we keep our spirits uplifted with various products designed to transport our minds to warmer climates. Not only does the bright yellow color of the Winter Sunshine Soap […]

Winter Sunshine Soap

January 22, 2010 in Cold Process Soap by Andee

Earlier this year we made the Oatmeal & Honey Almond Soap. Once again, we are going to make soap with oatmeal. Today’s batch of soap will be similar to the Oatmeal Cinnamon Soap Recipe, but I’ve made several changes to suit the ingredients I have on hand, as well as […]

Oatmeal Cinnamon Soap

January 21, 2010 in Cold Process Soap by Andee

Over the holiday break, we had a small crisis at home. We ran out of soap! So, while the showeree was in the shower yelling for soap, we searched high and low for a bar of soap. When we couldn’t find any soap, we had to steal the bar of […]

Oatmeal & Honey Almond Soap

January 8, 2010 in Cold Process Soap by Andee

Oatmeal has been used in skin care for centuries and for good reasons too! The starches in oatmeal sooth the skin and the oatmeal also provides gentle cleansing properties. I have wondered how fine do we need to grind the oatmeal for it be be nice in soap, yet not […]

Oatmeal Cold Process Soap – How fine to grind

November 25, 2009 in Soap / Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

Last week, I was helping a customer with some questions she had about soap, when she asked me how she could get rid of the soda ash on her soap. At first, I had to admit that I was stumped. After all, I had experienced soda ash on my soap […]

Soda Ash

November 10, 2009 in Cold Process Soap by Andee

Here at MMS, most of us really enjoy chocolate and for good reason! Chocolate is one of the most popular flavors across the world. I can’t forget the wonderful benefits of chocolate either! The two main alkaloids in chocolate, theobromine(thē’ō-brō’mēn’) and phenylethylamine(fěn’əl-ěth’ə-lə-mēn’), have positive effects on the body. They have […]

Fudgy Chocolate Melt & Pour Soap

November 9, 2009 in Melt & Pour Soap by Andee