You have to love a facial mask this is not only good enough to eat but you can actually eat it…if you felt like it! Proving that cooking and body products have all that kitchen chemistry in common, the lovely blog Food Plus Words brings us this great tutorial for making a moisturising orange face … Read More ...
Tutorial: Homemade Cleansing Oil
For those who clean their faces using the oil cleansing method, or for those simply curious, Creative Kismet has a great tutorial on making your own cleansing oil. And she’s tweaked it based on skin types, so there’s a version for oily, dry and combo skin — perfect. And based on the EOs she uses, … Read More ...
Inspiration: Champagne Soap
A feast for the eyes, for sure…and a great use of leftover champagne. Soap & Restless boiled down her champagne to de-fizz it, using it in place of water and then mixing it with the lye. Not sure what I like best about this…the use of the champagne, the amazing cake mold or that frosting, … Read More ...
DIY: Rose Almond Body Oil Using Rose Petals
If you want to make the Valentine’s love last just a little bit longer, how about a nice nourishing body oil that uses up your wilting petals? Stephanie of Henry Happened has this clever and easy tutorial to make your own lovely oil…and she has four other ideas for using up those petals. Get the … Read More ...
DIY: Make Your Own Body Butter
Not sure about the rest of you but this has been one seriously dry winter…who knew that snow actually helped moisturise things? So when I came across One Good Thing‘s lovely tutorial for making your own body butter, well, the timing seemed perfect. Three ingredients, some serious whipping, and you have the answer to … Read More ...
DIY: Matte Nail Polish
Ok, now this has just about everything going for it: cool nail polish, doing it yourself AND using up old eye shadow in those crazy colors that simply are not flattering to any living being but would look great on your nails. Nevertoomuchglitter takes us through a very detailed step by step tutorial…find a general … Read More ...
Inspiration: Papaya Soap!
I could not love the color of this soap any more than I do! For those of you with an overabundance of a fruit you either don’t want to eat, as was the case here, or are tired of, don’t forget you can always “soap it!” Read on for more here from Soap & Restless.… Read More ...
Making all natural body products
We all want to make “natural” products, but what does that really mean? And can we truly walk away from fragrances, palm oil and other tried and true staples in the bath and body world? Bath Alchemy, the Bonnie Bath Blog, has a great five part series on going natural, and even if you think … Read More ...
Tutorial: Grapefruit Sugar Scrub
Formative years in Texas have given me an unnatural love of grapefruit. Ok, I know that’s weird, but there it is…so when I saw this grapefruit scrub, well, what is not to like? My favorite soaps use grapefruit EO, but I never thought of doing a scrub…So get every single thing you need — a … Read More ...
Easy Steps to a Wooden Soap Mold
Since one can never have too many soap molds, here is a straightforward guide to building a log one and it’s a flexible enough “recipe” you could adapt it to many shapes/sizes/needs. And the best part: you could certainly re-use or recycle wood you already have laying around. Magdoline of Addicted to Soap takes you … Read More ...
DIY: Out of This World Nails
Perfect for a special event or just a mid-winter mood booster, MixedMama shows us step by step how to recreate the popular Galaxy Nails. Although these look like a pro did them, her nifty breakdown, clear pictures and list of ingredients means even the nail challenged can pull these off (by that I mean me!) … Read More ...
DIY: Peacock Swirl Soap Made Easy
Now this is what I call one very striking soap…and once you read through the tutorial, you see it’s quite do-able, despite looking so completely professional (actually what I really mean is it looks intimidating — in a good way!) The secret: squeeze bottles, and I for one would not have been bright enough to … Read More ...
All chocolate, all the time — tutorials!
You don’t need the excuse of Valentine’s Day to just want to slather your body in chocolate. Cocoa and Vanilla Body Polish…sounds divine doesn’t it? But don’t stop there…keep scrolling down to find Chocolate and Ylang Ylang Massage Oil, and Sweet Orange and Cocoa Lip Balm. And if all that isn’t enough, there’s a fascinating … Read More ...
DIY: Have a Heart Bath Fizzies
You can’t get enough hearts this time of year so why not just go for it? Bath fizzies, though sometimes a bit temperamental, are popular with bathers everywhere, and although this tutorial doesn’t use any colorant, you could of course go crazy and make, say, green fizzy hearts for the big day. Get the tutorial … Read More ...
Put those leftovers to work
So many leftover soap bits, so little time…Here’s a great solution from A Handmade Soap Blog. Roxta says she had three boxes full of trimmed soap ends, so she chopped some up to make these beauties, which she calls “Laneways.” You’ll enjoy all the soap loveliness.… Read More ...
