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When you need a little care for aging, irritated, or angry skin, Carrot Seed Essential Oil will be a good oil to use. We often see Carrot Seed Essential Oil used in high-end beauty preparations. What are some of the reasons for that? Carrot Seed Oil is anti inflammatory and […]

Single Ingredient Focus: Carrot Seed Essential Oil

July 26, 2022 in Facial Care / Special Features by Denise

Argan Oil is high in oleic and linoleic fatty acids, which offer a longer shelf life and great skincare properties. Use in hair care, skincare, and especially in lip balms and cuticle oils. High in Vitamin E, which is a fat-soluble antioxidant that can help improve water retention in the […]

Single Ingredient Focus: Argan Oil

July 5, 2022 in Featured Product / Special Features by Denise

Squalane is a fantastic ingredient that The Sage offers in two forms: Squalane Oil and Squalane Butter. It is a vegetable-derived cousin to a substance called squalene, which is found in the sebum. Because squalane is a bio-identical match to squalene, it’s readily absorbed into the skin. Squalane helps chapped […]

Getting To Know Squalane

October 14, 2021 in Lotions and Creams / Special Features by Denise

We’re all washing our hands more frequently these days, and my hands are feeling it. The skin is dry and itchy, and my cuticles are a wreck. Then I ran out of my favorite hand lotion! This all got me to thinking that we have many great recipes in our […]

30 Ways To Soothe Your Hands

August 2, 2021 in Balms & Salves / Cold Process Soap / Lotions and Creams / Milk Soaps / Special Features by Denise

To soap makers around the world, Amy Warden is a household name thanks to her Soap Challenge Club. She kicked off the club in 2012 with the peacock swirl technique, and thousands of bars later, soapers line up each month to learn, create, and grow in their art. “There are […]

Interview with Amy Warden of Soap Challenge Club

October 15, 2019 in Special Features by Denise

We recently sent out some samples of St. John’s Wort Extract as gifts with orders, and we received some inquiries as to how such a product should be used. Extracts are an easy way to get the beneficial properties of botanicals into a usable form. People have been doing it […]

All About Extracts

September 26, 2019 in Special Features by Denise

One of the biggest challenges in keeping goats safe is keeping predators away. These range from neighborhood dogs to bears, and unless you can be with your herd constantly, a livestock guardian dog is a very good investment. We have four of them. They live full time with the goats […]

Goat Week Day 5: Health and Safety

August 31, 2019 in Special Features by Denise

Mammals only make milk after giving birth, so to get milk, you first have to make some babies. That means male goats must be involved. Goat gestation is about 150 days, or roughly 5 months. We like to plan for April and May births, because the outdoor temperature has moderated […]

Goat Week Day 4: How to Get the Milk

August 30, 2019 in Special Features by Denise

When the babies start showing up, so does the milk. At first, almost all the milk goes to the babies. The babies that stay with their mothers get all the milk their mothers produce for the first 2-3 weeks at least. I still bring the mothers in during milking time […]

Goat Week Day 3: So Much Milk!

August 29, 2019 in Special Features by Denise

I have not seen very many baby animals that weren’t cute, but goats are right up there with puppies and kittens. As I write, I’m watching over two newborn doelings in a tote in the house. These little girls were born out in the summer pasture, where their mother secreted […]

Goat Week Day 2: Baby Goats Are So Cute!

August 28, 2019 in Special Features by Denise

This next series of posts will be a bit out of the ordinary. I’m going to take you on a journey into my goat world. It all started around 20 years ago when I met a lady named Laura, who made goat milk soap. I began buying soap from her, […]

Goat Week: How It All Began

August 27, 2019 in Special Features by Denise

Old-fashioned candy is a favorite in our house at Christmas. I am intrigued by the delicate ribbons, colorful stripes, and decorative centers. Since we are thinking of Christmas projects, making soap that looks like Christmas mints seems natural. I will use our Round Ripple Silicone Mold, which makes disc-shaped soaps […]

Christmas in July: Grandma’s Christmas Mints Soap

July 30, 2019 in Cold Process Soap / Special Features by Denise