I’m back with another decadent bath product from Handmade Magazine — chocolate cherry bath melts! These bite-size bath melts look and smell good enough to eat! They’re packed full of cocoa and tucuma butters, and we add just a little bit of cocoa powder to amp up the color and …
Now that I finally have a big, luxurious bathtub to soak in, I’ve been wanting to delve into luxurious bath products to pamper myself with. The first product I wanted to try? Bath fizzies and bombs, of course! And the first recipe I’m trying comes from Handmade Magazine, a publication …
So, you remember last year when I attempted to make a butterfly swirl soap with disastrous results? I had failed to read the reviews of a new fragrance I was trying — Pumpkin Pecan Waffles from Wholesale Supplies Plus. Although it smelled absolutely divine, the batter seized and riced almost …
You guys, it’s been so long! I promise I haven’t disappeared on you. I’ve been traveling a lot over the last couple of months, both for work and for pleasure, and I also hosted family over the Thanksgiving holiday. The next few months are going to be much of the …
About a month ago, I ordered a bunch of new fall and winter fragrances from Wholesale Supplies Plus. I had no specific designs planned for any of the scents, and I wasn’t even sure which one I would make first. But as soon as I had a chance to smell …
After almost two months of not being able to soap, I finally got a chance to make a batch. And of course, I took the opportunity to use those cute little soap raspberries I made in my last video/post. I bought an amazing fragrance from Wholesale Supplies Plus called Black …
I’m finally back in the swing of things! As I mentioned in my last, very short post, my job has been taking up a lot more of my free time than normal. Add to that some business travel out to beautiful Colorado, a quick vacation up to Baltimore to attend …
If you saw my last post, a soap scented with a fresh cut grass fragrance oil, you know that the design didn’t turn out… exactly how I was hoping. So what did I decided to do for my next batch? Replicate every single thing I did wrong for a new …
I finally decided that I have enough successful batches of soap under my belt to try some more advanced techniques. There are so many variations of swirls for cold process soap, but I decided to start with what is probably the simplest — the in-the-pot swirl. The first thing I …
As soon as I found out that you could use wine and beer in soap, I knew it was something I had to try. I mean, come on. I’m a case club member at a local winery. This needed to happen. So I present to you… Merlot & Chocolate cold process …
