Summer is here and I’ve been enjoying fresh tomatoes with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Sometimes I’ll toss a bit of fresh basil and a squirt of lemon juice in with the diced tomatoes. Yum! While I’m making you hungry, join me as I make another batch of Taylor’s fabulous […]
Have you placed an order recently? If so, have you noticed the new Promotional Sample options when you choose your shipping option? If you place an order with a product value over $100, you are given several options of products you can get for free! The current Promotional Samples for […]
New Promotional Samples with Orders!
Quick! Our Research and Development Team needs your assistance. They have become swamped with items to test, paperwork to fill out and the general day to day stuff they work on. They have a fragrance that they think deserves a place in our catalog but they need your help convincing […]
Help Wanted! Join the MMS Research and Development Team!
6 We are excited to announce the launch the 2016 Calendar Contest! If your soaps, lotions, lip balms, bath fizzies and more are EXTRAORDINARY products and have what it takes to be featured in our calendar, we would love to hear from you. Share your pictures with us at Calendar@thesage.com (limit […]
Announcing our 2016 Calendar Contest!
Today we are featuring the last formulation of our Formulating from your Cupboard series. While I am sad to see this series come to a close, I am excited to share Formulation #5. Come join me for a lip balm that is sure to knock your socks off! The goal […]
Formulating from your Cupboard – Day 6
Today’s featured lip balm is another vegan formulation. The goal was to have a vegan lip balm that was firm and had minimal shine. Let’s see how close we were to our goals! One of my goals was to have this formulation to have minimal shine. So you can imagine […]
Formulating from your Cupboard – Day 5
August is almost here! Time to get kids ready to go back to school and it is time to start thinking about holiday shows, festivals and gifts. Ack! Don’t forget to plan your orders around the last of your summer play time! We’re fast at shipping your orders out and […]
August 2015 Calendar
We are halfway through our formulation project. Yesterday we made a vegan lip balm and it didn’t quite turn out the way I had wanted. It was close but it wasn’t there. ( I find creating vegan formulations to be my greatest weakness and it drives the perfectionist in me […]
Formulating from your Cupboard – Day 4
2 Today we will be making Formulation #2. I targeted this lip balm to be vegan, firm and yet shiny. I have found sometimes it is really hard to formulate a vegan product. It is easy to make them overly stiff and waxy. It can also be hard to obtain a […]
Formulating from your Cupboard – Day 3
1 For each of the lip balms we will be making this week, I gave myself a target. Did I want it to be vegan? Did I want it shiny? Soft? Firm? For our first formulation, I targeted a glossy yet firm lip balm. Come join me for how I approached […]
Formulating from Your Cupboard – Day 2
One question I hear on a regular basis is “How do I formulate with materials I have on hand rather than needing to place an order for XYZ product(s)?” This week I will share my secret by showing how to make a variety of lip balms. Once you learn this […]
Formulating from Your Cupboard – Day 1
Today is a Utah State holiday we call Pioneer Day. We will be closing at noon today so we can enjoy time with our families. Our wish for all our employees and Utah customers is to have a safe and enjoyable holiday! If you need to travel, please travel safely. […]