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My best friend and I were surveying our products after our making day last week, and I joked that the 15 or so jars of sugar scrub should last us until Valentine’s Day because we both burn through so much of it…and it got me to thinking about our use of our products. Wanda mentioned...
How many times have you stumbled across an amazing sounding recipe only to realize you have maybe one or two of the ingredients? I know I sound like a broken record, but knowing your ingredients and their purpose in the formula can save you a ton of money and energy, and it might mean you...
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the cost of our ingredients. I’m fortunate I live within driving distance of three suppliers, have next day service from another one, and can drive to Otion whenever I feel like subjecting myself to the line-ups at the border, but a lot of us have to buy our...
With the interest in making our own bath & body products rising, I’m seeing some really dubious recipes cropping up and I’ve been fielding a lot of questions from people about how to make them work. Some recipes will never work because there are inherent problems in the formula. They might be using beeswax as...
Thanks for your lovely words of support as I battle this mighty infection. I’m feeling better this morning, and hope to be back to my normal, wordy, annoying self by Tuesday or Wednesday. (I better be – I’m so bored right now!) I’ve had quite a few people ask me why I don’t Twitter. Apart...