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I’m excited to announce that starting tomorrow, I will be sharing a week long of making swirled soaps! Not just any swirls, but swirls that have been inspired by just a few songs in my music collection. I am very fond of music and if you were to visit me, […]

Music Inspired Swirled Soap Series

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Yesterday we made the chocolate soap that will provide the chunks for our cookie inspired soap. Now we will be making the “dough” part so we can have cookie soaps! I wanted to make a soap that looked like a realistic chocolate chunk cookie, so I decided to use Vanilla […]

Chocolate Chunk Cookie Soap, Day Two

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Good chocolate is a luxury here in Beijing and I’ve found myself missing being able to pick up chocolate chips for baking (and eating with peanut butter on a spoon). I decided to make a soap that would hopefully settle my addiction for chocolate and particularly chocolate chunk cookies. Since […]

Chocolate Chunk Cookie Soap, Day One

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To continue with our men’s care blogs, I thought I would share an after shave lotion. I wanted to formulate a thick lotion that would feel good on the skin and help soothe. Let’s look at the ingredients that I decided to use! Since my goal is to make a […]

Men’s After Shave Lotion

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Summer days mean spending time outside walking, running and playing. However at the end of the day, your feet are wet. This is where a foot powder comes into play. Many foot powders on the market are strongly mint or perhaps even have menthol in the formulations. I am first […]

Lightly Mint Foot Powder

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Today I wanted to make an after shave cream. Sometimes skin can be incredibly irritated after shaving and needs both a moisturizer and a mild cooling agent. If you have ever gotten razor burn, you can understand why! Come join me for a wonderful aftershave cream! To start, I wanted […]

Men’s After Shave Cream

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Since Father’s Day is later this month, I decided that I wanted to make a daily lotion for those special men in my life. I was inspired to use Seabuckthorn Fruit Oil as I’ve learned from several men that they like using products made with this brilliantly colored oil. Let’s […]

Men’s Daily Lotion with Seabuckthorn Fruit Oil

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Taylor missed her deadline for publishing this recipe last Friday. It is a great salad and a worthy post so we are releasing this blog now. – Ed Do you have fabulous family recipes that have a story to them? My favorite pasta salad has a wonderful story […]

Bowtie Pasta Salad

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For Father’s Day I thought that I would create a fun and very easy product that is great for dads everywhere. I’m going to show you an easy way to make Room Sprays! We don’t want our rooms, homes, or even the car, to smell like we haven’t taken the […]

Father’s Day – Men’s Products

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I love baked beans. They are to me the epitome of summer picnic foods. My favorite style is smoky, sweet and tangy but not all ready-made beans fit what I want or what I am looking for. So here is a simple but wonderful recipe to the rescue! And the […]

Baked Beans

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This is one of my family’s favorite recipes. My kids request this for every family gathering, BBQ, and just because we like it days. We call it Mariah’s Dip, because this is Mariah’s favorite dip! She says “Mom, I do eat my veggies – I eat that artichoke and spinach […]

Artichoke & Spinach Dip

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I feel like summer is now just around the corner. Summer is a wonderful time for cool, refreshing beverages and lemonade just happens to be one of my favorite drinks! I found this really easy lemonade that uses lemon juice and a simple syrup. I prefer to make this lemonade […]

Super Easy Fresh Lemonade