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I love this technique. I went out to Michael’s last night to buy a few more clear stamps so I can make more of these for Christmas (all the clear stamps are at least 25% until Friday). If you get into the store, check out the $1 bins near the check out – they had...
Yeah, I know this is a leave in conditioner and I don’t really address this here, but you could think of it as a really liquidy conditioner for the purposes of having a picture in this post…Olive oil is fantastic in hair care products. Sure, you could use it in shampoo, but what’s the point?...
I love love love this technique for melt & pour soap at the Soap Queen’s blog (click here for the video, click here for the non-video tutorial). I tried the two layer version this morning in anticipation of a class I’m doing this afternoon, and I think it turned out pretty well for a first...
What benefits will olive oil offer a body butter? It’s moisturizing and regenerating for our skin, so it’s perfect for any application but especially after sun care. It’s absorbed by our skin well, so it’s going to offer quick moisturizing effects, and it’s going to offer occlusive properties to reduce the transepidermal water loss. The...
Olive oil is a great addition to your collection of oils. With 55 to 83% oleic acid (C18:1), 4 to 21% linoleic acid (C18:2), 1% linolenic acid (C18:3), 10.5% palmitic acid (C16), and 2.6% stearic acid (C18), it offers the best of all worlds in one oil. Extra virgin olive oil is obtain through purely...