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I’m sure most people know someone that loves glitter. Today I’ll be making the Sparkling Body Butter found in our recipes section. This lotion is for those glitter fanatics in your life (or the Twilight fanatics). Just make sure that the lotion doesn’t end up right next to the lotion […]

Sparkling Body Butter

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I’ve gotten a few responses from my questions on April 20th. Today, I’ll answer a question from jaspersgarden with help from Technical Support. From jaspersgarden) Your 2nd question ~ I would really LOVE to make a liquid soap from scratch. I’m already familiar with NaOH, so I would have to […]

Blog Readers Challenge Questions Answered, Part 5

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We have been getting the MAKE magazine at our house since the first issue. I have a stack of all 17 issues at home and the new 18th issue is here at work sitting on my desk. This magazine is a great magazine for all variations of techie geeks and […]

Food Soap Show & Tell

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Yesterday, I told you that I would show you how to color a Blooming Bath Oil. I was wondering how could you explain to people that the bath oil needed to be shaken before using in a bath? That question got me wondering if I could color the bath oil. […]

Coloring Blooming Bath Oils

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Our recipes section is finally getting an update of all the recipes that I’ve included in the blog since the blog started! You can now find the recipes that were made on the blog in the recipes section. I’ve been working hard on transferring the recipes and they will be […]

Recipe Section Update and Other Notes of Importance

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As I stated yesterday, I love to look for crafty things at the local Gardner’s Market. I’ve noticed that some of the vendors have tester cream jars of every scent in just one style of cream! This method takes up a lot of space and uses quite a bit of […]

Farmer’s Market Help for Bath and Body Vendors

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In my eyes, it is officially growing season now, even though I’ve already started my tomato seedlings in the house weeks ago. Why is now growing season? Saturday was the first day that our local Gardener’s Market was open for the year. I always love to go and see what […]

Saturday Gardener’s Market

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Yesterday I showed making a creepy critters soap and I thought I would expand on the embedding objects in soap. Today I’ll show making a soap that will have any pirate running off with your soap to hide the treasure. Collect needed supplies Transparent Melt and Pour Soap White Melt […]

Pirate Treasures Soaps

Have you ever looked at melt and pour soap and seen the embedded objects in soap and wondered how it is made? Today I’m going to show how to embed objects in melt and pour soap. Today I’m going to show snakes and frogs in melt and pour soap for […]

Creepy Crawly Critter Soaps

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I was given 12 jars of the Hemp Butter in a 4 ounce size and told I could give them away to 12 people that comment on our blog. I still had my comment list from the Mother’s Day Gift Basket Drawing, so I added all the comments we have […]

Random Hemp Butter Drawing

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Many of you have been clamoring for photos of the Cold Process Soap with Rose Hip Powder after it came out of the mold, so here are the finished results of this batch. As you can see, these soaps are beautiful. I used a bench knife to cut this into […]

Finished Cold Process Soap with Rose Hip Powder

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I’ve gotten a few responses from my questions on last week’s challenge. Today, I’ll answer a question from tamithornton with help from Technical Support. 1) I would love to find an awesome recipe, helpful tips, and packaging ideas for body butter. Body butters are generally all oil mixtures, not always, […]

Blog Readers Challenge Questions Answered, Part 4