Click here for Day One - Set UpClick here for Day Two - Color and FragranceClick here for Day Three - More Color and FragranceMaking a shimmery evening dust to enhance your shoulders and collarbone is easy with a little bit of mica. The best micas for enhancing shimmer without making it look too … Continue Reading
Why no, I really don’t want your business
I recently emailed the Membership Chair for more information about prestigious women's entrepreneur organization. I'm interested in expanding my support team, getting some new mentors to help me be a better leader and also, share experiences about growing a business in a shaky economic climate. The … Continue Reading
No Powders Today
I do have more to post on the Anti-Talc powder project but they will need to wait until tomorrow. The day has gotten away from me. But, I did make some cute soap this morning at Otion in our Sunnybrook mold using melt and pour. Notice how every chamber has something different in it? I'm off … Continue Reading
Cupcake Bath Fizzies
Thank you Michelle (LoveMichie) from Oats and Honey, for sending this fabulous photo of her Bath Cupcakes (learn how to make your own here). She says: I was inspired by your bath cupcake post and decided to make my own! The cupcake is scented with pineapple and the frosting is scented with … Continue Reading
My Run this Morning
I'm so excited about my Chi Running course. This is my fastest run in a long time (yes, I know it's still a snail's pace). And, best yet? It was mostly pain free (no knee pain, no achilles heel pain) except for the actual exherting myself part. I would have rather been making soap than running in 34 … Continue Reading
Bubblewrap as Soap Liner
What an ingenious idea from All My Soap - bubble wrap as the mold liner. It adds texture and depth and gives us all something to do with the copious amounts of shipping material we'll receive this holiday season. The best soap supplies on the internet are found at Bramble Berry. Click here to … Continue Reading
Anti-Talc – Day Three – Color & Fragrance, Again
Click here for Day One - Set Up & Ingredient Explanation Click here for Day Two - Fragrance & Color As mentioned yesterday, there are a two main ways to color your Talc Powder: 1. Micas - Micas are a natural product that form a flat platelet. This flat platelet is then colored, … Continue Reading
Cupcake Bling from Sears (?!?!)
Even (perceived) stodgy ol' Sears is jumping on the cupcake trend bandwagon with this cute cupcake pendant. The white and rose gold (with real diamond accents) pendant certainly looks very bling-y. For $119, it would make a pricey stocking stuffer but it's a sure way to any cupcake-lover's … Continue Reading
Anti-Talc – Day Two – Fragrance and Color
Click here for Day One - set up & explanation of ingredients Making body powder is surprisingly easy. For an item with high margins, one would think that there is more skill involved. It's more a matter of patience than levels of knowledge or dexterity (see below for sifting and sifting and … Continue Reading
Speaking of Genius Level …
We just got a fax from the American Institute for Research. It seems that one of the recipes and accompanying instructions at TeachSoap.com is considered so well-written that the Ohio School System will be using the recipe and paragraph on their Grades 6 - 8 Reading Achievement Examination. The … Continue Reading
Cupcake Wine? Bring it ON!
Thank you Joanna at Product Body for alerting me to this fabulous idea - cupcake wine. With my love (okay, obsession) for all things cupcake, it was a good guess that I'd be interested. It's not really cupcake wine and it doesn't taste too sweet. It's actually a wine from Cupcake … Continue Reading
Running in the Rain
It is 37 degrees in Bellingham with a nice light drizzle. Still, my bum needs a work out and my body needs the brisk wake-up. So in between setting soap layers for a 3-D soap Christmas project for a story, I took a run. The best soap supplies on the internet are found at Bramble Berry. Click … Continue Reading
Soapy Love on DIY Network
Debbie from Soapy Love is on the DIY Network for Craft Lab! Her show aired today at 2:30 and will also air again on December 3rd at 2:30 EST. Click here to see details of the show. Debbie goes over how to make her fantabulous Soapsicles. It's a show that you won't want to miss! The best soap … Continue Reading
Anti-Talc Powder – Day One – Set-Up
Recently, one of our favorite Bramble Berry customers wrote us with some concerns about the talc powder that Bramble Berry sells. Intrigued, I looked into her concerns. After research, I decided that our cosmetic grade talc powder was a product that is safe under normal conditions of use. But, if … Continue Reading