I’ve gotten a few responses from my questions on last week’s challenge. Today, I’ll answer two questions from KimVH with help from Technical Support. 1) The thing I struggle with the most is knowing why one oil/butter is used over another. Also, if I don’t have a particular ingredient is […]
I’ve gotten a few responses from my questions on last week’s challenge. Today, I’ll answer a few more of these questions from different readers with help from Technical Support. From jaspersgarden) I struggle the most with which ingredients are best for which products. For example – I formulated a very […]
Blog Readers Challenge Questions Answered, Part 2
I’ve gotten a few responses from my questions on last week’s challenge. Today, I’ll answer a few of these questions from different readers with help from Technical Support. From jaspersgarden) My absolute favorite thing to make is soap ~ CP and/or hot process with a crock pot! This past Fall, […]
Blog Readers Challenge Questions Answered, Part 1
Yesterday, I showed how you could design a label to be an invitation and I promised that I would share how to make another style of unique invitations today. First, I need to explain what Artist Trading Cards (ATC) are. Artist Trading Cards are miniature works of art that are […]
Unique Invitations, Part 2
2 Yesterday’s post was from MB and in her original comment, she had mentioned using the lip balm as an invitation. This is such a fun idea and very easy to expand on. Why not use a lip balm as invitations to other events besides Spa Parties? How would you design […]
Unique Invitations
2 On March 3rd, I posted a blog about a Saint Patrick’s Day Mint Lip Balm. MB commented on this blog about a spa party. Here is her comment. You could have a Lucky Leprechaun Spa party using the products on this blog and color them green. When it’s time for […]
Spa Parties
6 We received a question about our Energy Body Cream recipe that is on our site. The question is how to reduce the viscosity of this cream. Let’s look at the recipe: 3 grams Liquid Glycerin 4 grams Stearic Acid 6 grams Emulsifying Wax 13 grams Apricot Kernel Oil 7 grams […]
Energy Body Cream
2 We have the items for our Mother’s Day Gift Baskets, but how will I guarantee that the items will stay in their baskets while shipping? I use Shrink Film. Before you ask me how Shrink Film works, I’ll explain it. First things first, choose the basket that you want to […]
Finished Mother’s Day Gift Baskets
Congratulations! We now have the winners for the Mother’s Day Gift Baskets! As I stated back on March 2, all comments from March 2 to April 22 would be included in the drawing. Tomorrow, I will show making the baskets and then I will ship the baskets out. From tamithornton […]
And the Mother’s Day Gift Basket Winners are…
I received an e-mail the other day from Carolyn asking about making lip balm. She wanted to know how she could make a nice dome on top of her lip balm. Today I’m going to cover making lip balm and giving your lip balm a nice dome top. I’m going […]
Finishing Lip Balm
5 As I was sitting at my desk today, I realized that I’m wrapping up the Mother’s Day Gift Baskets this week. This made me wonder what have the blog readers made for themselves, family, friends, mothers, etc. Therefore, the curiosity has made me want to see pictures of your projects. […]