Today is Veteran’s Day in the United States. I would like to extend a salute from all of us here at The Sage to those who have served our country. To those that have served overseas or here at home, we are thankful for your dedicated service to the well […]
4 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
1 Did you know that it is really simple to request small fragrance samples every time you place an order? The picture to the right shows an example order with a fragrance request. Fill out the comments section with something like this. “I would like to smell Starfruit, Soothing Chamomile and […]
How to get Fragrance Samples
Hi everyone! Kathy here again feeling like I need to redeem myself (see Blowing Bubbles!)! I decided to try embedding FOAMIES in clear M&P. Hope you enjoy it! Ingredients/Equipment needed: 20 oz Clear Melt & Pour Soap 2 tsp Pixie Dust Fragrance Oil (from MMS) 1 Sheet Foam Stickers-Fairy Twinkle […]
Another Embedding Tutorial from jaspersgarden
The Lotion Bar Tubes are back in stock!!!!!!!! Oh, I can’t believe it!!!! It seemed like we would have to wait forever. Andee will be back on the blog tomorrow. I am so excited! She has missed us, and worked a half day yesterday, and will work a half day […]
Lotion Bar Tubes and Andee’s Return
My name is Jennifer, a new soaper, loyal customer to thesage.com and frequent reader of this blog. When I read the entry “Updates, Guest writer, and the Swine Flu” I realized I was reading it out loud to my boyfriend as if I was talking about people I actually knew. […]
Advice from a Guest Writer
We have 4 new molds in the catalog, including two loaf style molds. We also have two new scents, one is Monkey Farts Fragrance Oil, and the other is Rosewood Essential Oil. See http://www.thesage.com/catalog/new.html for all the new items. Yesterday we got our first real snow in the valley. It […]
New Products, Snow and a Bad Joke
I’m Tina and I’m the guest writer for the blog today. Andee is at home recovering from the Swine Flu which turned into pneumonia. I have a few updates for you that we are dealing with here at TheSage.com, they are: 1) the Swine Flu has caused a rush on […]
Updates, Guest writer, and the Swine Flu
Supplies: Transparent Melt and Pour Soap Loofah Orange Pigment Powder Green Pigment Powder Yellow Pigment Powder Citrus Blend Fragrance Scale Pipette Rubbing Alcohol in Spray Bottle Mold Microwave safe Dish Instructions: 1. Cut loofah into 3 slices; small enough to fit into mold 2. Weigh and then melt soap base […]
Making Citrus Slices Using Loofah in Melt & Pour Soap ...
3 I gathered ingredients and tools to have everything handy. I used an electric soap melter that I picked up at a local thrift store. It takes a little longer to melt than the microwave but makes pouring a breeze. Then I colored a small amount of the soap with violet […]
Using Embeds in Soap by jrdgarrett
Tomorrow, our office will be closed until 1:30 pm. You may be asking why there is such short notice. Tomorrow morning a member of our staff, Mouein, will become a naturalized citizen of the United States of America. We will be attending the naturalization ceremony to support him. Mouein left […]