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Peppermint Fudge Hot Process Soap

Always a hit with the crowd. Chocolate brownie batter with a hint of peppermint, trust me when I say this, they smell good enough to eat. This luxurious hot processes soap bar is made up of real cocoa and coffee and is enhanced with cocoa butter, peppermint essential oil and is dotted with gold jojoba pockets of vitamin E for some extra skin loving qualities.  These bars were cut to weigh aprox. 4 - 4.5 oz each    Peppermint Fudge Soap   I would love to hear what you think? Ingredients: Aqua (water) , Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil (palm kernel flakes from a sustainable source), Cocos Nucifera (coconut oil), Olea Europaea (olive oil), sodium hydroxide, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Stearic Acid, Theobroma Cacao (cocoa butter) , Cocoa,   Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Mentha Piperita (peppermint essential oil), Tocopherol (vitamin E), coffea Arabica (coffee), gold mica            

New Adventures - Soap Making

Happy New Year to you all.  Where does the time go? From Mid September to the first week of January it is non stop around here trying to fulfill orders, make gifts, bake, visit, concerts... you know the holiday routine. Ahhh Now all I want to do is just sit, have a cup of tea and of course think about my next project. Well ever since my baby girl got sick a few years ago with severe food allergies to casein (milk protein) and egg whites, it has flipped everything we knew about the world we lived in upside down. We are now required to read EVERY LABLE, whether it is a whole food or not, you would be scared to know just how lax the labeling requirements are for the food we consume. Vaccinations are touch and go and even the products we use on our body is extremely dangerous in most cases. So in order to face this challenge head on, we have taken control of what we put in our body by making 95% of the food we eat from scratch and grow it when ever possible. We have also learned the art o

DIY Paper Doll Costume for Halloween

  I am so excited to have put together this Halloween Paper doll costume this year. It will be completed with anime doll makeup and a big red buffon wig.   This is an easy no-sew, last-minute easy Halloween costume idea.  Here is how mine came together. Supplies needed:  2 pieces of poster board. This color choice will all depend on your outfit. I chose white as I knew I would be painting it.                  pencil                   scissors                  a formfitting outfit you already own                  sharpie or another permanent marker                   paint or decorative tapes to color in designs                  stapler and staples                  elastic                  straight edge 1.  Go searching for outfit inspiration, just don't go too long or too fancy. It is was easier walking in a two-piece outfit above the knee than a long dress. This costume does not bend very well. Also, you are going to be coloring this in so the p