Soapy Hollow

It looks like Craftzine has picked up the bath bombs meme.  Bath bombs for everyone!

August 27th, 2008 | Tags: bath bombs | Category: Formulas, IndustryNews, Recipes | Leave a comment

So, I’m sourcing some ingredients, which means I get to play mad scientist. It’s one of my favorite things to do, doncha know.
There’s been a lot of buzz about in the industry about Argania Spinosa Kernel Extract and Cecropia Obtusa Bark Extract. Argania is derived from the kernel of the fruit of [...]

August 8th, 2008 | Tags: botanicals, Cosmetics, eye butter, Formulas | Category: Cosmetics, Essential Oils, Formulas, Instructions, Make Your Own, Recipes, Sourcing, Vendors | Leave a comment

Working with small batches is often trickier than doing the huge batches I often do. But doing small batches lets you get all kinds of creative. Best of all, if you make a mistake, you’re not tossing out hundreds of dollars in materials. It’s fairly easy to “rebatch” a mistake batch when it’s [...]

July 25th, 2008 | Tags: bundt cake soap, lye, Soap, soapmaking, sweet spiced orange tea soap | Category: Formulas, Instructions, Make Your Own, Recipes, Soap, manufacturing | Leave a comment

Don’t you hate those mornings when none of your clothes fit, everyone is driving you up a wall and you could crochet chain mail from the Dove wrappers scattered around your comfy chair? Yeah….PMS sucks. This morning, after threatening to sell my small child to the gypsies…and his little dog too…I realized that [...]

July 15th, 2008 | Tags: blends, Essential Oils, Formulas, PMS | Category: Essential Oils, Formulas, Instructions, Make Your Own, Recipes | Leave a comment

Now is the season when one tends to overdo it in the sun. (For those of my friends who wear a lot of black and hiss when people open the drapes, the sun is that evil daystar thing.)   There are tons of products on the drugstore shelves for sunburn, but an extraordinary amount of them [...]

July 10th, 2008 | Tags: DIY, Formulas, remedies, sunburn | Category: Essential Oils, Formulas, Instructions, Make Your Own, Recipes | Leave a comment

Sometimes, you may have a soap idea, but can’t find a commercial mould that fits your need, or you just want to create something silly or personal.  For those times, making your own mould is your best option.  Mind you, this method does not create professional grade silicon moulds that will hold up to hundreds [...]

July 8th, 2008 | Tags: how to, Instructions, molds, moulds, Soap, soapmaking | Category: Formulas, Instructions, Make Your Own, Recipes, Soap | Comments (5)