Soapy Hollow

I’ve put a permanent page, available at the top of the left navigation and the top of the page, that will list all the “How To” projects that I’m moving from instructables back to here. So far, the following How To projects are available: Bath and body projects: How to make bath bombs How to […]

Working on testing formulations with some new to the market biological actives.  This one is a decadently rich night cream that contains  Laboratoires Serobiologiques actives. Complex Caviar: extracted elements of fish roe and caviar combined with oligo-peptides from actin and fucus vesiculosus extract. Phytocoothetm: canola phytosterols with moisturizing and skin barrier strengthening effect. Arganyltm: flavonoids […]

intro – Quick Banana Bread from scratch Everyone has faced the problem of bringing home a bunch of green bananas and having them become over-ripe in what seems like minutes. While over ripe bananas are too mushy to carry around like a portable snack, there’s no reason to waste them when with just a little […]

As I’ve noted before, Instructables has changed their business model, reducing access to content to non-paid visitors.  Since all of my work was published under a Creative Commons non-commercial license, I’ve removed it from Instructables and am republishing it here, so the content stays free. Chocolate bath melts – chocolate that’s good for your thighs! […]

ZOMG! My Bath Bombs instructable came in 22 out of 14,000 to go in the The Best of Instructables Volume I. Thanks everyone who voted!

This extra gentle cleansing scrub will leave your skin feeling silky and smooth. * 1 tablespoon wheat germ * 1 tablespoon oatbran * 2 tablespoons almond oil * 3 drops Sweet Orange essential oil In a mortar and pestle, mix the wheat germ and oatbran together. Add almond oil and essential oil to form a […]

There’s been chatter about the health hazards of fabric softeners and fabric sheets. People with delicate skin or allergies are often impacted by these products being used by people around them. Also, they cost a silly amount of money for some petroleum byproducts and perfume in a big ol plastic jug. Especially since you can […]