Yarn, Coffee, & then some….
Alittle while ago, December 17th to be exact I made what I was calling ChocoBerry soap. To be ready, ok I didn’t calculate the times that great….Im new to making soap, but anyway to be ready for valentine’s day. I scented it with chocolate covered strawberry scent, via Natures Garden fragrance oil. Well I went, … Continue reading Valentines soap…
Yesterday I made a batch of Baby Soft/Sensitive soap. I unmolded and cut it today. Looks nice! In the olive oil, I infused calendula, comfrey and chamomile; those aid in healing the skin. I use the calendula and comfrey in my homemade Neosporin and it helps in healing wonderfully! My next soap, for valentines is … Continue reading Aids in healing….
Made a new soap last night, a partial lard bar and it was beautiful when making it, but the cut was even better than I thought it would come out!Thanks to some name suggestions I named this batch Magical Mermaid 🧜♀️. The smell is sweet and kind of oceany, it was Sea Salt fragrance from … Continue reading Magical Mermaid Soap
Hubby needed some kind of good and moisturizing cream for his feet, that is unscented. So I made my own body butter with avocado oil, coconut oil, shea butter and castor oil. Out of the remainder of the butter that wouldn’t fit all into this container and added peppermint essential oil and some red mica. … Continue reading Body butter
My Margarita soap. I messed up when measuring, luckily I double checked and ‘fixed’ it. I had no idea if it was going to correct my mistake. Also mixing 2 micas together looked like a mess when still in liquid state, but came out so beautiful when dried! This the lard/olive oil mixture and again … Continue reading Margarita soap
Friday I made a lard/olive oil soap, Oatmeal, Milk & Honey scented. I was fearful it was not going to set, glad to see I was so wrong!! They turned out so pretty! I think I am going to make another batch but scented different!
I made soap! I am excitedly waiting for them to cure, 4-6 weeks seems like an eternity! This is my oatmeal, milk & honey. It has colloidal oatmeal, goats milk and TX honey in it. It smells so good! This is my Ocean Swirl. It smells so clean and refreshing! I did learn something with … Continue reading I made soap!
Well, I purchased everything to get atleast one batch if not two different batches of soap done. Unfortunately it is going take awhile to get the supplies to me tho, I thought it would take a few days not over a week. 😔, I guess I have to relearn patience…especially since the setting time for … Continue reading Soap making
To start off, I make a variety of homemade skin items. What I have made in the past: lip balms (variety of flavors), lotion bars, neosporin (which my family swears by and says is better than the store bought stuff), body butter, eczema cream (which I had some say it saved their poor babies skin), … Continue reading Adding to my Skills
Currently with the hubby and watching, of all things, Sweeney Todd and I mentioned I could make him homemade shaving cream. I remembered a recipe for it on dōTERRA’s blog. Shaving cream recipe Fortified with natural lubricants and essential oils, this shaving cream improves razor glide for a close, comfortable shave. Great for men and … Continue reading Essential Oil Shaving Cream
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