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Cleansing Honey Mask for Oily Skin from Soap Maker Supplies

Ingredients:
1 tablespoon bentonite clay
1 teaspoon rose water
½ teaspoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon honey

Instructions:
Mix all ingredients together. Apply the mask in a smooth layer after cleaning the face and avoid getting any near…

Brambleberry has put together another wonder holiday-themed kit for Easter.   The soap kit has everything you need to make Easter soaps for yourself or gifts!  Included in the kit are soap base, 2 molds, colorants, fragrances and even gift tags…

I came across these cute Happy Passover soaps today from 4 Sisters Soaps.   The soap ingredients have been approved as kosher.  There’s still time to order before Passover begins on April 9th!

Debra McDuffee has some pretty ideas on how to package your handmade cold process soap.  Visit here for the inspiration.

I love this funnel soap tutorial!  The swirls are an interesting take on the “usual” swirls we usually see in cold process soapmaking.  This tutorial is written as a cold process soap tutorial, but can easily be adapted by the…

Hemp oil has wonderful skin nourishing properties and is easily absorbed into the skin.   Make this great cold process  Hemp Body Bar Soap from Ponte Vedra to help fight skin problems, excessively dry skin, or for its anti-aging properties.

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Here’s a fun recipe for a mint body lotion from Pure and Natural Soaps!

Tingly Mint Body Lotion Recipe

1/2-cup mint water (see note below)
1/8 tsp. borax
1/2 c. sunflower oil
1 tsp. coconut oil
1 tsp. beeswax
3-4 drops peppermint oil (optional)

Mix together the mint…

Shea & Mango Body Butter
(Makes about 10 oz.)

6 oz. Refined/Unrefined Shea Butter or Mango Butter
1 ½ oz. Olive Oil
1 ½ oz. Jojoba Oil
1 oz. Babassu Oil
1 tsp. Vitamin E Oil
1-2 tsp. Coconut Fragrance oil (to your liking)

Place Shea Butter in…

The Soap Dish has some nice ideas for packaging your handmade soaps, including eco-friendly soap boxes and wooden crates for packaging up gift sets.  Also available are net soap bags, an interesting take on a loofah where you place the soap…

I love solid perfumes for their easy portability and space saving designs.  It’s also easy to make and harder to overdo when applying.  Try out this solid perfume recipe from Chemistry at About.com.

Solid Perfume Ingredients
1 tablespoon beeswax or petroleum jelly
1 tablespoon jojoba…

If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area and are interesting in a bath products class, Lori Stoia is teaching a Solid Bath and Body Products class in Redwood City, CA on May 30th.

Class description:
How would you like to…

The fabulous Stila Cosmetics is offering a 20% discount plus free shipping from now until April 11!  Just enter the code stimulus when checking out to redeem.

TherapyGarden™ Rich & Creamy Shaving Soap

Ingredients:
1 fl oz     TherapyGarden™ Aloe Vera Gel Whole Leaf
½ tsp     TherapyGarden™ Arrowroot Powder
4 oz     TherapyGarden™ Melt & Pour Premium Goat’s Milk Soap Base
2 oz     TherapyGarden™ Melt & Pour Silky Shea Butter…

How adorable is the new Hello Kitty line from M.A.C. Cosmetics?  Available now are eye shadows, fun and funky glitter eye liners, lipsticks, the perennial favorite lip glass, nail liacquer and more!  There’s Hello Kitty Mild and a Hello Kitty…

Try this recipe from Make Your Own Cosmetics for a warming emulsion.

Ginger Citrus Body Emulsion
by HBN Founder and President Donna Maria

This body oil is special not only because of the aroma, but because of the luxurious feel of the oil and…

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