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I know the Autumn Moisture Maintenance seems appropriate for a season when leaves turn orange and fall to the ground, but this lotion is an awesome moisturizer for any time of year. This is the perfect light lotion for the winter hooligans that you call family and friends, whether they […]

Autumn Moisture Maintenance

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While most of us were enjoying the December holidays, several people worked hard and turned in their submissions for the monthly drawing of the MMS Perfumer’s Kit. There were some fantastic posts and I just had to share all of them with you! Kathy won the December MMS Perfumer’s Kit […]

December MMS Perfumer’s Kit Winner

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I’m glad to be back and bring in a new year of blog posts! A year ago today, we released our first blog post. It has definitely been a fantastic year, and I have learned so much sharing with you. I hope this year will be filled with more fun […]

Aloe Butter Hand Cream

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Happy New Year! We look forward to helping you during 2010.  We will be back at work on Monday, January 4th.

Happy New Year

Merry Christmas! We hope you have a wonderful day and if you need to travel, please travel safely. Enjoy your day and we will see you back in the New Year! Our first day of work in 2010 will be January 4th! UPS and USPS are closed. No deliveries will […]

Merry Christmas

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Mary’s Elbow Cream is similar to Tina’s Lanolin Butter in the fact that they both were created as heavy salves for rough skin. What is the difference? The Tina’s Lanolin Butter has Liquid Glycerin in it, which is water soluble. The Glycerin means that the Tina’s Lanolin Butter is an […]

Mary’s Elbow Cream

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Recently we added Acai Butter to our catalog, and we have received several questions about what products can be made with this fun butter. Our response? Use it anywhere you would use other similar butters such as Shea, Mango, Almond or Olive Butters. Today, I’ll show you how to make […]

Lotion Bar with Acai Butter

Whoops! I thought I had announced the winners of the October & November kits, but apparently in the holiday rush, I forgot! I enjoyed reading all of the submissions. It was a hard task to choose the two winners since all of the posts were excellent. Both of the winners […]

October & November MMS Perfumer’s Kit Winners

Yesterday, I made the Spa-erific Salt Scrub as a gift jar and I promised that we would make the Winter Survival Sugar Scrub today. Collect needed items for the Winter Survival Sugar Scrub: Ingredients White Sugar Brown Sugar Sunflower Oil Liquid Glycerin Colorless Jojoba Oil Satsuma Fragrance Oil Honey Almond […]

Mix Your Own Scrub Gift Jars, Part 2

Every Christmas, when I make various bath products as gifts for friends and family, I hear “How do you do that?” and “This must be so hard, I can’t believe you actually make this by hand!” or my personal favorite, “I wish I could make this!” This year, I actually […]

Mix Your Own Scrub Gift Jars, Part 1

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Do you know anyone that has rough and chapped hands or feet? Every winter, I can guarantee if I don’t take care of my hands, they will become so rough that I’m more likely to have my hands catch on jackets and that always HURTS! I love this formulation as […]

Tina’s Lanolin Butter

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I had so much fun making this lip balm, I forgot to take pictures for my first six batches! This lip balm is a wonderful, non-fractionating type for the pocket. This is a lightly flavored lip balm. My intention was to have a smooth, buttery lip balm that kept a […]

Macadamia Lip Balm