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Sunflower oil is a great oil for a blooming or dispersing bath oil as it is light, has a decent shelf life, and is inexpensive. Oleic acid softens and moisturizes our skin while the linoleic acid helps speed up skin’s barrier repair functions. A dispersing bath oil is a liquid version of the bath melt...
Making a body oil is a super easy project. Assemble your oils, grab a bottle, pour the oils into the bottle, rejoice. You can use one oil or a number of different oils – it’s up to you. In today’s project, the focus will be the sunflower oil. This post is partially taken from this...
As we start this series, indulge me for a moment while I share some thoughts I’ve had about oils… Consider how much oil you order! I was suprised at my oil consumption, being that it is really quite low given the number of products I make. But when you consider how much we use in...
In this post – One ingredient, ten products: An introduction – Brandi suggested we take a look at how to use sunflower oil as she had a bunch that was about to expire. (You know you can freeze the oil without any issues, right?) Sunflower oil is a fantastic oil if you are looking for...
Blackberries are one of those berries that you can only really seem to get from picking them fresh from the bush yourself. We have so many bushes growing around our house, but they seem to be filled with thorns intent on protecting those luscious berries from my grasp! But I shall endure the pokes and...