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Here’s a simple recipe of an antibacterial, anti-inflammatory soothing hand massage oil that does wonders to dry cuticles and chapped gardener’s hands:

Ingredients:
1/2 cup jojoba oil
3 tablespoons vegetable glycerin
2 tablespoons soy bean oil
1 teaspoon maple syrup
1 teaspoon any vitamin E-rich oil
5…

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Aromatherapy perfumes can help relax you, invigorate you and put you in a great mood and are fun to make. Here’s a recipe for a happiness enhancing perfume from Essential Oil Recipes.

Essential oils needed:
2 drops Bergamot
1 drops Jasmine
1 drops Rose
2…

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Southern Soapers Fragrances is having a sale to celebrate its second anniversary. All prices are as marked and no coupon codes are needed. All exfoliants, emulsifiers & thickeners, botanical extracts, preservatives, packaging items and more are discounted 10% or more…

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Cathie and Steve of Creative Juice fame have a nice tutorial on fizzing bath petals. The technique and ingredients to making them is similar to bath bombs and bath salts.

See the instructions here.

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Priscilla Hewitt has easy crochet patterns for a bath puff and back scrubber here.

The puffs and scrubbers work up really fast, but do take about an ounce more yarn than is recommended in the pattern.

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Solid perfume recipe from TeachSoap.com

Solid perfume is fun and easy to make and is a wonderful idea for a personal, hand-crafted gift! You’ll want some stylish little butter pots to hold your creations and Bramble Berry, Inc. has a terrific…

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If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, The Nova Studio in Point Richmond has fantastic soap making classes, including cold process and multiple day boot camp classes. They also have candlemaking and other craft classes. Highlights for September…

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I recently came across Pure Minerals Source, who sells mineral makeup. Not only area the colors beautiful, the prices are very affordable and the products are chemical free.

What is your business name and how did you come up with it?…

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Nature’s Garden Candles has a great recipe for a body spritzer, a nice way to cool down in the hot summer weather.

Homemade Body Spritzer

Ingredients:

Gallon Distilled Water
1/2 Cup epsom Salt
1/2 cup water softener
Body Safe Fragrance Oils
Vitamin E oil (optional)

Note: The fragrance oil…

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Honey Hive Handcrafts is having a contest to help them develop new soaps for their product line. If you have always wanted to design a soap in your favorite scents, here’s is your chance! A winner is chosen once a…

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Oatmeal, Milk and Honey Facial Scrub from Ladies Blend

Ingredients:
2 tbsp ground oatmeal (use your coffee grinder)
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 tsp honey
2 tsp (or more) milk
squirt lemon juice

Directions:
Blend all the ingredients together in mixing bowl. Apply to clean face and neck…

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Need a pick me up in the morning? Try making West Coast Crafty’s coffee-cinnamon bath salts, which you can make with ingredients you already have in your kitchen.

See the complete instructions here.

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Looking for fun, kid-friendly soap and bath projects? Then visit the SoapMakingStore.com for a great range of soap kits. From soap to bath bombs to lip balms, all kits are on sale now!

Visit here to see everything that is available.

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Through September 30th, Snowdrift Farm is having a sale on a variety of products, including Fall fragrance oils, molds, packaging and body butters.

Visit Snowdrift Farm for more details.

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Have you ever wanted to learn how to make cold process soaps or lotions but don’t want to learn out of a book? OTION in Bellingham, Washington has a lotion making class in September and a cold process soap making…

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