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Want to learn how to make creamy, decadent conditioners, eco friendly cleansers, luscious lotions, or exfoliating scrubs? Do you want to make shampoo bars, conditioner bars, body butters, and more? Then sign up for the upcoming classes newsletter to be amongst the first to know when I’m teaching in your part of the world! You … Read more

This year has gone by so fast, I can’t believe we’re past the mid-way point and almost into the Autumn-Sasja’s birthday-Raymond’s birthday-our anniversary-my birthday-Christmas-New Year’s stretch! I’m not great at planning for any event, but we just bought our first Christmas present. (In my defence, it was a perfect one-of-a-kind thing for someone we absolutely … Read more

Every year I beg you not to make your own sunscreen, but this year and last, it seems it’s all about making bug repellants, which is pretty scary. We don’t make sunscreen at home as it’s considered a drug for which you must go through extensive testing to make sure it works. And we don’t … Read more

Three years ago today, I started the subscription component of the blog through Patreon. Doing this allowed me to stay home with my mom as she suffered from lung cancer, and it allowed me to stay home after she died to grieve our loss. It was the greatest gift we could have received, and I … Read more