Highly Recommended Candle Jar Supplier
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Finally, you can order good quality glass candle jars with no minimum!  I’ve ordered from this website’s parent company, The Jar Store, for years, but my main complaint was always not being able to order …

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Special Ordering Info – May 2011
May 9, 2011 – 5:50 am | No Comment

Here is the special ordering info on a secret page!  I got waylaid by Mother’s Day, so I wasn’t able to get this out this weekend.  As a result, I’m going to wait until Saturday to place the order.

Quick info: Bath Melt Molds ~ Lotion Bar Molds ~ Stainless Measuring Cups ~ Ordering Info

Seasonal Bath Melt Molds – $15 each, or 2 for $25

These are plastic chocolate craft molds (not as durable as the professional stuff, but less expensive than the “real thing”) in super-cute seasonal shapes.  The imprints are small, which makes them great for bath melts made of pure butters and oils.

There are 8 – 12 imprints per sheet, and the sheets are about 9″ x 7″.

Starfish Mold

I love this shape — I’m going to tint them pink-orange, I think, and use a tropical fragrance (mango? passionfruit?)

Diameter: 1 1/2″

Depth: about 1/3″

Availability: Can get 12.

Star Molds 1&2

Maybe for the 4th of July? Stars are just a cute shape, especially in multi colors.

Diameter for Star 1: 1 1/8″

Depth: 5/16″ (just over 1/4″)

Availability: Can get 5.

Diameter for Star 2 (below): 1 1/8″

Depth: 7/16″ (almost 1/2″)

Availability: Can get 5.

Goldfish Mold

Another cute shape for summer.

Diameter: 1 7/8″

Depth: around 1/3″

Availability: Can get 5.

Flower Mold

Diameter: 1 3/8″

Depth: 9/32″ (a little more that 1/4″)

Availability: I can get 8.

Shell Molds 1 & 2

Diameter for Shell 1 (below): 1 3/8″

Depth: around 1/3″

Availability: Can get 6

Diameter for Shell 2 (below): 2 1/2″ (large!)

Depth: 3/4″

Availability: Can get 4.

Plain Rectangle Mold

This is what we used in the shop for our honeysuckle/rose bath melts.


Heart Mold 1 & 2

Diameter for the first mold:29/32″ (almost 1″)

Depth: 23/64″ (about 1/3″)

Availability: Can get 5.

Diameter for heart mold 2 (below): 1 1/4″

Depth: about 1/3″

Availability: Can get 7

I can also get bigger hearts, up to 2″ across.  They look the same as heart 1, just larger.

Silicone Molds – $22 each, or 2 for $40

These are for making bigger bath melts (ones that are bath bombier and have more powder than butters), and lotion bars.  I don’t have the photos for each, but I do have dimensions.


Heart & mini madeleine.

Heart


Heart dimensions: 2.5″ x 1 3/8″

Depth: 1 3/8″

Madeleines

The madeleines are more like bath melt size.

Dimensions: 1 5/8″ x 1 1/8″

Depth: 1/2″

Pyramid

These are large, and I’m getting them specifically for making lotion bars.  A bit experimental, but more eye-catching than plain bars.  Then again, can you go wrong with plain bars?

Dimensions: 2 3/4″ square at base

Depth: 1 1/2″

Small Rectangle

Dimensions: 3 1/8″ x 1 1/8″

Depth: 1 1/8″

Stainless Stackable Liquid Measuring Cups

Expensive, but so nice to have.  Plus, the largest size goes to 2 quarts.  They all look the same, so I’m only posting one photo:

Sizes, from smallest to largest:

  • B: 4″ diameter, 2 3/4″ height — 10.125 oz
    Availability: 54
    Price: $11
  • C: 4 3/8″ diameter, 4 3/8″ height — 16 ounces (1/2 quart, or 2 cups)
    Availability: 65
    Price: $19
  • D: 5 7/8″ diameter, 5 1/8″ height — 1 quart (32 oz)
    Availability: 109
    Price: $25
  • E: 6 1/8″ diameter, 7 1/2″ height — 1.5 quart
    Availability: 4
    Price: $42
  • F: 6 5/8″ diameter, 7 1/2″ height — 2.128 quart
    Availability: 8
    Price: $49

Set price: $130 ($153 individually.)

Ordering Info

Just like old days, I’m going to take pre-orders.  Email me what you want, and I’ll send you an invoice with PayPal. You don’t have to have PayPal to pay the invoice — you can use any major credit card.

If the availability info is wrong and I can’t get what you ordered, I’ll just give you a refund before I place the order with the supplier.  If you have any questions, just email me.

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Cosmetic Consulting Group Buy – Vote Here!
January 27, 2011 – 11:12 am | No Comment

For people on my lists, I’m setting up a group buy for cosmetic consulting. Many people have weighed in with their preferences, and the majority of responses have fallen under these categories.

Bubble Bars
Such as Lush’s. This should be pretty straightforward — it’s a lot like making a bubbling bath bomb with liquid foaming agents.

Food-free bath frosting
Yes, there are many bath frosting recipes online, but nearly all of them involve some kind of food ingredient. This bothers many people, and the bath frosting made from powdered sugar or meringue powder doesn’t dissolve!

Eco-friendly household cleaners
Like Mrs. Meyer’s stuff. I would especially like to know how to make enzymatic cleaners, such as laundry soap and bathroom sprays.

Good face creams with anti-aging properties
Not that it can be marketed as such, but it will do a lot for repeat business!

Please vote for ONE favorite. If this goes well, I will certainly be doing another group buy, but for now, let’s keep it simple and choose just one thing.

Cosmetic Group Buy Choices

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I’ll contact the chemist and ask for an estimate, and divide the total by the number of responses to figure out everyone’s share.

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Special Ordering Info – May 2011
May 9, 2011 – 5:50 am | No Comment
Special Ordering Info – May 2011

Here is the special ordering info on a secret page!  I got waylaid by Mother’s Day, so I wasn’t able to get this out this weekend.  As a result, I’m going to wait until Saturday …

New Product: Silicone Bath Melt Molds
January 1, 2011 – 8:21 am | No Comment
New Product: Silicone Bath Melt Molds

These are cute! Finally, I remembered to order samples in time for Valentine’s Day, right? There are a lot more shapes and sizes, but I thought these two were really cute, so I …

The Best Tampon & Menstrual Pad Alternative (girls only!)
December 8, 2010 – 9:13 am | No Comment
The Best Tampon & Menstrual Pad Alternative (girls only!)

Even though I come from a very “green” family, all the women use the same old grocery store menstrual supplies – Tampax, etc.  This is one of those things that we just don’t talk about …

Eco-friendly packaging for a small bath bomb gift set
November 12, 2010 – 9:49 am | No Comment

The small size bath bomb is perfect for making fragrance mixing kits — for example, 3 blood orange, 3 ginger, 3 chocolate, 3 amber.  Customers can mix two or three in the same bath, creating …

Perfume Fast Guide & Popular Bath & Body Books Are Taken Down!
July 11, 2010 – 7:08 am | No Comment

The time has finally come… I am stretched too thin with family obligations, single parenting, dayjob, etc.  I’ve had to stop offering the Perfume Fast Guide & Perfume Book Bundle.  My wakeup call came when …

Colic Calm
June 28, 2010 – 7:07 am | No Comment
Colic Calm

So, my “baby” (now almost 3) has a seriously sensitive stomach. Everything gives him the “glug glugs,” and he will not sleep if his gas is too bad. First, there was colic. …

Urban Gardening: Stuff is growing, and I ate it.
May 4, 2010 – 4:40 pm | No Comment
Urban Gardening: Stuff is growing, and I ate it.

So, the day after I planted all the seeds, it rained. All the seeds got redistributed into clumps! But they came up, and in the last five days, things have really taken off. …

Urban Vegetable Gardening: Eating Dandelion Greens?
April 24, 2010 – 7:13 am | No Comment
Urban Vegetable Gardening: Eating Dandelion Greens?

Like any crapola lawn, our city grass is full of dandelions. I remember someone telling me that dandelions are edible, so I decided to give the leaves a try. My 2.5 year old …

Vegetable Gardening: Hardening Off Seedlings
March 14, 2010 – 5:08 am | 2 Comments
Vegetable Gardening: Hardening Off Seedlings

As I get closer to planting my first successful vegetable garden, I discover more and more things that I don’t know about growing things. First off, you need a lot of plants for an …

Vegetable Gardening Advice For Beginners
March 1, 2010 – 8:24 am | No Comment

Gardening has issues. There’s always something wrong — unless you’re in some kind of plant paradise, you’ve either got bad soil, no sun, no precipitation, locusts, bunnies, squirrels, aphids, or mysterious plant diseases.
Every time …

Why grow your own vegetables?
February 26, 2010 – 6:41 am | No Comment
Why grow your own vegetables?

If you live in the city and have gotten all your food from the grocery story your entire life, you may be wondering what the benefits are of growing your own vegetables. After all, …