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I’ve just realized my ISP has altered my e-mail settings for my phone and tablet to be IMAP, meaning if I delete something from one thing, it deletes the e-mail from all the things. I usually look at my mail on my phone or tablet, then delete those I won’t be able to answer until...
It seems like life is so busy lately with all the preparing I’m doing for the Handcrafted Soap & Cosmetics Guild’s conference in May in Las Vegas where I’m presenting a workshop entitled Facial Moisturizers 101, and with writing my new e-book on using cosmeceuticals in facial products and so many other cool and awesome...
Thanks for letting me know. As I wrote in the previous post, I know they aren’t working and I’m trying to figure it all out because I haven’t done anything to Dropbox to cause this. I know the search has changed as well, something I mentioned in the previous post. I can’t change that, lamentably....
Hi everyone! I’m still alive, albeit a little beaten up by what I think is another bout of the stomach flu. The last year in our lives has been hell, and I’m finding I get sick really easily and bounce back from even the smallest upset really poorly. I really have no resilience at the...
The rains have come to wash the snow away, so I’ll be able to make it to Voyageur Soap & Candle in Surrey, BC, this Saturday from 10 to 2 to offer a Valentine’s Day themed class! Join me to make an awesome soy candle, a cocoa butter and babassu massage bar, a dry brushing...