A finished bottle of Bloody Body Wash ready for labels. 4
In October, I love curling up with Bram Stoker’s Dracula and other vampire books while I sip a cup of tea. I’m not the kind of person who enjoys haunted houses or scary movies, but vampire stories have appealed to me since my introduction to Dracula as a teenager. One […]

Halloween Treats: Bloody Body Wash

The finished bars of soap with a subliminal message in the pencil line! 1
Halloween has been my favorite holiday for a long time! I love fun Halloween themed bath and body products because they bring the holiday into my self-care routine and allow me to celebrate for just a little while longer. This year, I decided I wanted to bring Halloween into my […]

Halloween Treats: Subliminal Messages Bar Soap

I can’t decide if Halloween is a dentist’s dream or nightmare. All that candy probably results in more than a few cavities, especially if children pull the same tricks as mine did – sneaking candy after they were in bed! But maybe dentists dread the uptick in toothaches. Likely a […]

Halloween Treats

Finished jars of the Sweet Honey Hand Cream.
Now that the Autumnal Equinox has passed, I’ve been planning for cooler and drier weather. Today, I wanted to make a hand cream that is inspired by my childhood memories of harvesting honey and the sweet smell of honey that would drift through the house. I’ve selected a few fun […]

Sweet Honey Hand Cream

Before we fall into the accelerated pace of autumn and the holiday season, it’s a good idea to spend some time taking stock of what supplies you have on hand. No matter what you create, adventurous makers, you’ll probably be in the thick of it soon. Before you get started, […]

October Challenge: What’s in Your Cupboard?

Arrowroot Powder is a favorite substitute for talc in body care products, and we are excited to have it back in stock for you! We love being able to offer a safe, plant-based talc alternative to our valued customers! Summer may be on the wane, but there are still plenty […]

Arrowroot is back!

Finished tins of Oh My Butter! 6
Last October, I ran a 10-day Soft Skin Challenge, and I was asked for a different recipe without Lanolin. After making my test batches, losing and finding the recipe not twice, but three times, I finally got a chance to get into the blog kitchen to make this exciting recipe […]

Oh My Butter! An Exciting Challenge for Soft Skin

A finished jar of Calendula Salve.
As summer winds down, we need to think about our skin. I live in Alaska, and there is nothing that Alaskans love more than the sun! We wring every drop of living out of our long summer days, basking in the glow of sunshine and working like mad to get […]

Fall is almost here! Treat your skin with Calendula Salve

Autumn is coming to the river. 2
Someone hand me a paddle, I’m floating the river Denial! (Say it out loud – De Nile – get it?) I’m not ready for summer to end, but in the far northern latitudes of Alaska where I live, it’s pretty much done. Labor Day is upon us, and we at […]

Labor Day and Planning Ahead

Cucumber Melon Fragrance was not something that enticed me when it began flooding the market of body care products. I was not sure what I’d think about Cucumber Melon Flavor. After making a luxurious lip balm using Shea Butter Lip Solutions base flavored with Cucumber Melon, I tentatively swiped a […]

Flavor Oil Review: Cucumber Melon

Finished jars of lip balm with cute labels! 4
I love making body care gifts for friends and family – the recipients are always so impressed! But I am terrible at planning ahead. Inevitably, I decide about mid-November that I will make lip balms or body scrubs or soap for Christmas gifts. Or I get myself overbooked with life […]

Quick and Easy Gifts featuring the Gift Kits

It makes me so sad to think that summer is already coming to an end. It feels as though summer just started! We are going to take a little extra time off to give the summer one last hurrah! We are going to close on Friday August 31st. This gives […]

One Last Summer Bash