My Parent’s 40th Anniversary

Last weekend we celebrated my parents’ 40th wedding anniversary! My brother and I have been working with my mom to get everything together for the big reception at their church which was Sunday afternoon. My mom finished up the heritage […]

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On the Curing Rack: Winter Wonderland Soap

As promised, here are the photos of the Winter Wonderland soap: I couldn’t take photos of a Christmas soap outside since it is 70 degrees and sunny today! Feels nothing like winter, that’s for sure! As you can see, I […]

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The Highs and Lows of My Soapmaking Day

Today was a marathon soapmaking day, mostly in preparation for the holiday season. I made four batches of soap and each of them was a different recipe. I had melted all the oils last night, and cooked a bottle of […]

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The Making Of the Winter Rose Soap

This is for Donna who asked how I swirled the Winter Rose soap! With comments like “it needs its own museum,” and “If I made that I would be putting one on the mantelpiece and spend all day gazing at […]

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On the Curing Rack: Winter Rose Soap

Let me tell you about the Winter Rose soap! It is scented with the most true-to-life rose fragrance, blended with just a hint of resinous Frankincense & Myrrh essential oils. Our rose bush just happens to be blooming right now, […]

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Soap of the Week: Sunflower (in the Kansas Wind)

I was born and raised in Kansas, and apart from my four years of college and a year and a half in Knoxville, Tennessee, this is where I’ve lived most of my life! I hear lots of jokes about the […]

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The Great Shampoo Bar Exchange: The Beer & Honey Bar

This is it! My final review in the Great Shampoo Bar Exchange! The last shampoo bar came the farthest – all the way from Spain! Jennifer of Naturalmente Mediterraneo sent us three different bars, but asked us to focus on […]

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The Great Shampoo Bar Exchange: Tierra Verde Rosemary Citrus Shampoo Bar

And, now back to our regularly scheduled program! In case you missed it, background info on the Great Shampoo Bar Exchange can be found here, and I just reviewed the Heirloom Soapworks Pooh Bar here. This is my review of […]

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The Great Shampoo Bar Exchange: Heirloom Soapworks Pooh Bar

In case you missed it, background info on the Great Shampoo Bar Exchange can be found here. Somewhere along the way, Jennifer (instigator of the exchange) started having issues with using shampoo bars and hasn’t pinpointed the problem just yet, […]

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Reformulating Facial Moisturizer

I’m back to the old grindstone. The Skin Glow Facial Moisturizer is completely sold out, and now I need to reformulate because I couldn’t get oil soluble green tea extract anymore. I have a water soluble variety now which has […]

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