by Robyn French Smith | Oct 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
I have a love-hate relationship with sugar scrubs. On the one hand, I loveeeee a nice deep exfoliation, so give me all the scrubby! On the other, I hate having to scoop out the scrub then try to screw the jar closed one handed, in my birthday suit, with water raining...
by Robyn French Smith | Sep 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
Our DIY Bath Crayons Recipe was the darkhorse product for 2024. When we released it, we were not prepared for the massively enthusiastic response from our community, and I was genuinely blown away. One of the reasons I think it was such a surprise to me was...
by Robyn French Smith | Aug 1, 2024 | Fall Holiday, Uncategorized
It’s almost time to head back to school and we’ve got you covered with a cute project that will get the year started off right! Whether you’re a student who already needs to blow off steam, or you’re making teachers gifts to work your way into their good graces,...
by Robyn French Smith | May 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
BUT HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY CHOOSE A PRESERVATIVE? Now that you know whether you need a preservative and the criteria for choosing one, I think it’s time to actually talk about HOW to choose one. Let’s do a couple practice rounds! Example 1: Sugar Scrub! Let’s pretend we...
by Robyn French Smith | May 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
In our last blog post we discussed how to know if your product needs a preservative. In essence, if your handmade cosmetic contains water, or will come into contact with water and isn’t a single use item, it will need a preservative! So now that you’ve determined...
by Robyn French Smith | Apr 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
Knowing when to use preservatives, choosing the correct one, and properly incorporating it into your handmade cosmetic product is one of the most important aspects of any indie maker’s life. Still, we get asked on a fairly regular basis which preservative should...
by Robyn French Smith | Oct 5, 2023 | Bath Bombs, Formulating, Tips and Tricks
Yesterday in the first part of this blog post, we talked about the different types of CBD, the legality of its use, and the potential usage rates of CBD in bath bombs. But today I want to show you how to actually incorporate this ingredient into your formulation so...
by Robyn French Smith | Oct 3, 2023 | Bath Bombs, Formulating, Tips and Tricks
A fairly common theme we see pop up in our Facebook Support group are questions regarding the use of CBD in bath bombs. Over the next couple of days I’m going to tackle that question for you! I’ll tell you what type of CBD should be used, how much should be...
by Robyn French Smith | Sep 12, 2023 | Infusions, Uncategorized
We’ve talked about a few different ways to create infusions for your cosmetics over the past months. We created a cold oil infusion with juniper berry and hot oil infusion with calendula oil. But both of those infusions used liquid oils. What if you want to create an...
by Amanda | Aug 16, 2023 | Bath Bombs, Bubble Bars, Solid Bubble Bath
Macarons are probably the cutest dessert out there! (In Amanda’s opinion!) They come in a variety of colors and filing choices. They also make adorable bath bombs and bubble bars! I feel like using the macaron mold is super simple and Wonder Bar makes an easy...
