I’m excited to announce our next set of classes! We are offering a class on how to make lotion from scratch! Have you said any of the following statements? Lotion is something that only could be made by big businesses with big machines. I don’t even know what ingredients are used […]
Thoughts from The Sage
Yay! This is the last formula I had on my list to work on! Whew! I hope you have enjoyed this as much as I have! Charlotte wrote: “I would like to make my own deodorant. I currently use some I made from a recipe I found on Pinterest. I […]
Deodorant with Ingredients from Charlotte’s Cupboard
I only have a few more recipes to share and I think I’ll have tackled all of the requests I received from readers responding to the Quick Gifts from Your Cupboard blog post. I am excited to announce that we will continue the “From Your Cupboard” series each month. We […]
An Aftershave Lotion and An After Shower Body Lotion with ...
8 Happy 2013! Can you believe we made it? I certainly can! 2012 was a wonderful (and chaotic) year for me as I have found myself sitting in China while writing this post. I was sitting down contemplating my list of resolutions from last year that didn’t get finished and realized […]
A New Year, Elephants and a Resolution
Today I will tackle a few more of the requests from my much smaller pile of requests for our Quick Gifts from Your Cupboard blog post! Let’s go and check out these easy formulas! Kelly wrote, “Could you come up with a recipe for me for a leave-in hair conditioner? […]
A Face Mask & Scrub Set and a Hair Serum ...
I hope you have all had a wonderful and safe holiday! I’m glad to be back in the saddle working on more formulas. (I still have a mountain!) Before I continue with today’s post, I have a question for you. Would you like us to continue the “From the Cupboard […]
Soap and Lip Balm with Ingredients from Thompson’s Cupboard
Today I will tackle a few more of the requests from my mountain of requests for our Quick Gifts from Your Cupboard blog post! Let’s go take a gander at the recipes I’ve come up with! Karen commented, “I rec’d a jar of cream made with your cream base. I […]
More Moisturizers with Ingredients from the Cupboards of Karen and ...
9 For my family, the Christmas season is time to spend together. We watch movies, play games, read books and generally lounge around the house. Because one can’t just lounge around the house properly in jeans, my family started a tradition of Christmas pajamas, or PJs as they are called at […]
Christmas Traditions – PJs
I’ve only received one soap request from the Quick Gifts from Your Cupboard blog post Cindy wrote, “I want to make a soap that has great lathering capability, is long lasting, moisturizing, and feels good on the skin.” As Cindy has a fairly standard soap maker’s cupboard, I decided to […]
Soap with Ingredients from Cindy’s Cupboard
6 Today I will tackle a few more of the requests from my mountain of requests for our Quick Gifts from Your Cupboard blog post! Following the post from yesterday, we are going to focus on facial moisturizers today. These are recipes that would also work as light weight body lotions. […]
Facial Moisturizers with Ingredients from the Cupboards of LuAnn and ...
8 Today I will tackle a few more of the requests from my mountain of requests for our Quick Gifts from Your Cupboard blog post! Following the post from yesterday, we are going to focus on anhydrous products today. These are recipes that are still great for pampering hands (or the […]
Pampering Hands with Butters and Salves with Ingredients from the ...
I’ve received a whole mountain of requests for our Quick Gifts from Your Cupboard blog post! Today I decided to tackle several requests for various hand lotions and creams to help you make your Christmas gifts before it was too late. Let’s go take a peek at the recipes I’ve […]